How Miss West Was Won by Diane Darcy

Author:Diane Darcy [Darcy, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-19T06:00:00+00:00

The next day, Grace was in Mrs. Braxton’s garden with Minnie. From the looks her friend was shooting her, she had something on her mind.

They both waited until Mrs. Phillips brought out some of the best sherry, compliments of Mrs. Braxton. When the older woman left, Minnie poured both of their drinks into the fancy crystal goblets.

They both took a sip, and Minnie’s eyes practically sparkled. The moment of truth had arrived.

Minnie lifted her goblet, admiring the amber liquid as she swirled it around. “Delicious.”

Grace watched her friend suspiciously. “I have to agree. We had some of the good stuff in New York, but nothing like this.”

Minnie put her glass down with a snap. “Now to business. I saw you kissing Luke last night.”

Grace could feel hot color racing into her cheeks. “You saw that?” She couldn’t help but wonder who else might have seen.

“It looked thrilling! Give me all the juicy details!”

Grace shook her head. “My lips are sealed.”

“Oh, come on. You can’t keep something like that to yourself. Besides,” Minnie shot her a sly look. “I doubt they were sealed last night.”

“Minnie!” Grace shot her an exasperated glare. “As I said, there’s nothing to tell.”

“Well, if there’s nothing going on between the two of you, then I suppose you don’t want to know who else I saw getting friendly with Luke last night.”

Grace’s spine straightened as her breath caught. “Who?” The question shot out of her mouth before she could think better of it.

Minnie waved a nonchalant hand in the air. “It was probably nothing, so there is probably nothing to tell.”

Grace’s hands clenched upon her knees under the pretty wrought iron table. She leaned forward. “Minnie! You’d better tell me every single thing you know right now!”

Minnie laughed. “Fine. He was dancing with Mrs. Tanner. She’s only about thirty years older than him, but she still has it in her.”

Grace rolled her eyes. “Stop teasing me.”

“Then tell me about the kisses!”

“It was just the one kiss, and then we went back inside and he didn’t have anything to do with me for the rest of the night.” A thought occurred to her. “Maybe I’m not very good at kissing?”

Minnie laughed. “I’m sure you’re fine at kissing. Maybe you’re just so good it scared him off.”

Grace rolled her eyes again. “Be serious.”

Minnie took another sip of her sherry. “I noticed you were speaking to Elizabeth and Margaret. What did those two troublemakers have to say?”

“Only that Luke’s wife was so wonderful that someone such as me could never replace her.” Grace didn’t even try to keep the sarcasm out of her voice.

Minnie laughed. “You can’t hold a dead woman in your bed at night.”

“Ew.”

Minnie started to giggle.

Grace took another sip of sherry. “What do you know about her? His wife, I mean.”

Minnie shrugged. “Not much. She was really pretty. And her clothes were beautiful. She kept to herself in that big house and sort of gave the impression that she was better than everyone else.”

Grace thought about that big house.

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