How To Enjoy A Scandal by Adrienne Basso

Author:Adrienne Basso [Basso, Adrienne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2011-01-16T23:20:25.827000+00:00

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Adrienne Basso

In his mind, Gwendolyn was the more breathtaking female, with her sable hair and vivid brown eyes, her flawless skin and full mouth, those luscious lips begging to be kissed. It seemed that whenever he was near, he felt a flash of heat that made him burn to get her in his bed.

Disturbed by these persistent thoughts, Jason cleared his throat. Though he had honestly tried, he had not been able to divest himself of the vividness of his sexual fantasies and the need to make them a reality was becoming almost unbearable.

Yet he admitted that this desire went beyond a sexual satisfaction. Somewhere deep inside lurked the intense desire to know Gwendolyn as well as he knew himself.

“Do I have a smudge of dirt on my face, my lord?”

“Jason,” he responded automatically, glancing over at Dorothea, who was dozing and lightly snoring. “Dorothea is nearly asleep, so it is safe. We agreed that when we are alone, you would call me Jason.”

“What I call you has no bearing on why you are staring at me,” she answered.

“I admire beautiful women.”

“Then you should gaze at Dorothea.”

“I prefer you.”

“Nonsense.” Her face went carefully blank. “Everyone knows that Dorothea is the beauty of our family,” she said, her voice soft, with but a hint of bittersweet emotion laced in it.

He wanted to argue the point with her. He wanted to enumerate all the reasons he preferred her looks, her personality, to her sister’s. But he held his tongue.

Jason looked out the window and noticed they had reached a particularly isolated and empty stretch of road. The stillness of the night was suddenly shattered when something that sounded like a shot rang out, re-

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