I Love to Hate You by Elizabeth Keysian

Author:Elizabeth Keysian
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

“Oh, heaven, what am I doing?” Athene paced across the room and back again, twisting her hands together. “I’ve hooked him as you advised, but I don’t know if I can go through with our plan.”

“Of course, you can.” Harry, who in the course of the past day and a half, had become both Kat’s devoted admirer and co-conspirator, gave Athene a wicked grin. “What could possibly go wrong? He’ll do exactly as you say, trust me. And once you have him in your power…”

She winced. What had seemed such a good idea in the past now threatened to be an incredibly bad one. She had thought herself strong enough to get her revenge on Rushbourne, and the method she, Kat and Harry had come up with would do him no physical harm, only make him a laughing stock. Her name would be kept out of any scandal, Harry had promised, but the result would be just what she wanted—Viscount Rushbourne humbled, Viscount Rushbourne ridiculed. He would avoid her like the plague thereafter, and she could continue her urgent pursuit of a husband without interference from him.

“Promise you won’t go too far away? You’ll be within calling distance if anything goes amiss?” She came to a stop in front of Harry where he lounged on their chaise longue, nursing a glass of brandy.

“Nothing will go amiss. He may have been a brute when he was young, but when it comes to paramours, he treats them well, so I hear. No reports of violence, I assure you.”

That only made her feel worse. Her heart was like a sledgehammer hitting a rock with every beat. She’d never been so uncertain, so panicked. Left to her own devices, she’d have sent Rushbourne a note by now, saying she’d thought better of their tryst. But Harry had spent the last half hour reminding her of every sin his older brother had committed against her, including some she was starting to suspect he’d made up.

In the hallway outside, the clock struck ten times. “Time for us to secrete ourselves,” Kat announced. “Do you have the ribbons?”

Athene patted her reticule. “In here.” How did she manage to sound so calm when her mind was a maelstrom of misgivings? Had she made a grave mistake, allowing her guardian and Harry to be involved in the plot? Harry was particularly keen she make a fool of his brother, and she wondered what had caused the young man to be so inimical. She hadn’t had the chance to ask him, but now she was seriously wishing she had. It would be better to go into battle armed with solid facts instead of suppositions.

Before she could give voice to her fears, Kat and Harry had vanished. No more than five minutes later, a subtle scratching on the door announced the arrival of Rushbourne. Heart in her mouth, she opened it, and the next moment found herself in an embrace so powerful she was lifted off the ground.

“Darling girl, forgive my enthusiasm.

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