How To Build The Perfect Rake by Kate Harper

Author:Kate Harper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, regency, rake

Chapter Seven

Olympia greeted the new day with doubtful eyes, still unsure if she had experienced something of a brainstorm the evening before or if she had just imagined her stunning revelation.

The clear light of morning did not give her any comfort, however for when she searched her emotions she still found that she was in love with Lucien St James.

An absurd situation. That she could be in love with her best friend was… was ridiculous! And yet, even as she questioned it she knew it to be true. She loved Luc and not just as a friend. The idea of him kissing another female was repulsive to her while the idea of him kissing her brought a flush to her cheeks that had nothing to do with embarrassment and everything to do with desire. Unless she was sickening for something, she had to accept the fact that her feelings for Lucien St James were anything but sisterly. The thing was, now that she understood the way things stood, what was she to do about it?

While preparing for the day ahead, Olympia pondered the matter. Truthfully, she did not see what she could do about her unexpected revelation. She thought back, wondering when friendship had somehow transmuted into love but her feelings for Luc blurred together, tangling up in one big, warm ball of happiness. She had never had to ponder her feelings for him, for he had always been there and whatever had grown between them had been comfortable and so natural that it did not need thought. But somewhere, sometime, her feelings for him had changed. So imperceptibly that she had not even realized it had happened, except when it came to the very tangible problem of Luc vying for the hand of Carisse Houghton. No wonder she had thought the girl was wrong for him. Although, she was prepared to acquit herself a little on that score. Carisse, vain and self-obsessed as she was, was wrong for a lot of men. Still, while she might have wanted to distract Luc’s attention elsewhere, she had never been able to come up with a suitable candidate for his wife. Clearly, there had been a part of her that had known what she did not. The only woman for Luc was Olympia Grayson herself.

‘This is going to be dreadfully awkward,’ she predicted glumly, staring at her image in the mirror.

Her maid Constance, who had been laying a dress on the bed, paused. ‘Excuse me, miss?’

‘Oh, nothing. I am just going mad. I’m sure it will pass.’

Constance had been with Olympia for six years and knew her charge well. She merely grinned. ‘Ah, well. Comes to us all, they say.’

‘Do they? How comforting.’ Olympia muttered, thinking that she could have done without this particular madness ever overtaking her.

The inevitability of their next meeting – and presumably the ones that followed - being awkward was true, however. It was going to be strange, seeing Luc, knowing now how she truly felt about him.

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