In Bed with a Rogue by Samantha Grace

Author:Samantha Grace
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2014-07-06T21:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

Sebastian entered Maggie Montgomery’s fashionable brothel that evening in a less than pleasant mood. His duties at the House of Lords had consumed most of his day and evening, so that he hadn’t had time to call on Helena before setting off on his nightly rounds.

God, he missed the smell of her skin and her taste on his tongue. If she weren’t so skittish about him calling at her town house, he would go there after his search was completed. Perhaps she felt differently about allowing him into her home after their encounter at the theatre, but he would be wise to wait for her invitation. She felt strongly about being in control of such things. Not that he blamed her. She was an independent woman with no need for a man.

He smirked. Or so she thought.

A beast of a man dressed in livery blocked the doorway to Madam Montgomery’s receiving room. “Greetings, Lord Thorne. It is a pleasure to welcome you this evening. This way, if you please.”

“Thank you… Charles, isn’t it?”

“Yes, my lord.”

It had been a lucky guess. As far as Sebastian could tell, every man under Maggie Montgomery’s employ was named Charles. Sebastian followed her man through the large room where two young bucks waited to be entertained. One was red-faced and perched on the edge of a gold brocade chair as if he was waiting to be called before the headmaster to answer for an infraction.

Sebastian raised an eyebrow at him. “Does your nurse know you’ve escaped the nursery?”

His blush deepened and as soon as Sebastian passed he hissed, “This is foolish. I’m leaving.”

Charles held the door open for Sebastian, and he entered a cozy sitting room outfitted with plush crimson fabrics. “Madam will not be pleased you are scaring away her clientele.”

“I will pay her doubly for any lost business I caused.”

“Very good, sir.”

Maggie strove to create an air of sophistication by dressing her men in finery and tutoring them in proper speech, but just as in every brothel, the men were employed to keep order. If a gentleman were to forget his manners, Maggie’s men would give him a refresher lesson in the back alley.

Sebastian had always been a gentleman through and through when he’d visited the brothel in the past, which afforded him special treatment. He would be wise not to jeopardize his position as one of the madam’s favorites. Not that he had been there in years or intended to return after tonight. Brothels were a young man’s playground.

Charles moved to a sideboard and poured two fingers of brandy into a tumbler before carrying it to him. “Is there anything more I may do for you, my lord?”

Sebastian raised his glass to him. “You’ve been a great help already.”

The man hadn’t been gone long before a side door opened and Maggie swept in with four girls trailing in her wake. “Lord Thorne, how lovely to see you again.”

He rose in deference to her and kissed her hand as he would with any lady.

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