Jacquie D'alessandro - Regency Historical 03 by Not Quite A Gentleman

Author:Not Quite A Gentleman [Gentleman, Not Quite A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-02-06T07:51:30+00:00

“Do you?”

He laughed. “Sometimes. Usually when I’m stalling for time. Is that what you’re doing?”

“Certainly not,” she replied with a sniff.

“As for what I do best, I’d be delighted to tell you. Even more delighted to provide you with a demonstration.”

Whoosh. Another wave of heat engulfed her. She attempted her most prim expression but wasn’t certain she succeeded, as it was difficult to appear prim while sensual images danced through her mind.

“Here? In the dining room?”

“Certainly not the most traditional of locations, but if that is your wish, I’m willing to forgo convention.”

An unladylike snort escaped her. “You? Willing to forgo convention? Thank goodness I’m not prone to the vapors lest that statement would send me into a serious decline.” He waved his hand in a magnanimous gesture. “Feel free to succumb. As I am a physician, I could immediately set you back to rights.”

“Immediately? So then doctoring is what you do best.”

A smile that could only be described as wicked curved his lips. “No. Doctoring is what I do when I’

m not doing what I do best.”

Oh, my. Surely he didn’t mean… but, oh yes, based on that devilish grin, he clearly did. Despite the knowledge she’d gained from reading the Guide, she suddenly felt woefully unprepared to continue this conversation. In an effort to regain the upper hand, she adopted the chilly tone that never failed to put people in their place. “How delightful for you. Now, what is the plan for today?”

“Plan?”

“To locate the jewels.”

“I haven’t the vaguest idea.”

Victoria laid down her fork. “Haven’t the vaguest idea? After thinking about it all night long?”

“What makes you think that pondering the location of the jewels is what filled my thoughts last night?”

“Because it should have been. If I’d lain awake all night it most certainly would have been what I’d pondered.” Her conscience jumped up and shrieked with outrage. Liar! You were wide-awake, and maps and jewels were the last thing on your mind! She suddenly stilled. Was it possible that Nathan had suffered from the same sensual thoughts that had stolen her sleep? If so…

Whoosh. Good lord, it was hot in here. She barely refrained from fanning herself with her linen napkin.

“Then how unfortunate for our search plans that you slept so well,” Nathan said in a dust dry voice. “I did study the drawing and the letter further, but was unable to glean anything more. I also drew the grid map of the estate. I suggest we begin in the northeast corner and work from there. In the letter I sent off to your father yesterday explaining, in code, how you lost the note—”

“You mean how your goat ate the note.”

“—I requested that he send another drawing. Unfortunately, given the distances involved, by the time the note reaches him in London and a reply is returned, at least a fortnight will have passed. I’d hoped to have this matter settled by then.”

“So you can return to your home in—where is it again? Little Longstone?”

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