Julia London - Rogues Of Regent Street 03 by The Dangerous Gentelmen

Author:The Dangerous Gentelmen [Gentelmen, The Dangerous]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-02-05T18:04:07+00:00

disturbed by her performance that night in her bed that he had come up with some ridiculous notion of affection? Yes, and while he was convincing himself that he rather did care for her, she had been smiling

at Benedict.

But when she walked into the salon wearing a pale gold gown of brocade and chiffon, the uncertainty rocketed to terrifying proportions. She moved as if she were gliding on air, the chiffon streaming out behind her like some sort of cloud. Her hair was swept back and bound up with little gold beads stuck carelessly about her coif. She was terribly alluring—-had she always been so? Was it really possible he had been so blind to her charm?

She sat gingerly on the edge of a settee and accepted the cup of tea a footman handed her, but made no move to drink it. Her face was pale, and the faintest of shadows dusted the skin beneath her eyes.

Benedict immediately engaged her in some useless conversation, and Lilliana smiled at him, and Adrian

felt the gulf between them widen impossibly. This was hardly what he had hoped for or imagined. He had wanted to sweep her into his arms, make passionate love to her, and erase the memory of that awful

night.

But Benedict’s chatter continued well into supper. At the dining table, Adrian quietly endured the inane chatter and Lilliana’s bright responses. Too bright. So bright that it seemed that tiny chinks in her armor were glowin g with them. This was not the same Lilliana he had left a few days ago.

And if he needed any further proof of it, she did not touch her pudding.

By the time the dishes had been cleared and the port drunk, Adrian was sick to death of Benedict. He had to speak with his wife, alone, unguarded. He stood abruptly, his eyes riveting on Lilliana. “I would speak with you alone, Lilliana,” he said curtly, and glancing to his left, said coolly, “Ben, you will excuse us, won’t you?”

“Oh! Naturally! I should really be off to bed as I intend to get an early start tomorrow.” That Adrian would believe when he saw it. With a curt nod to his brother he walked to the door and opened it. “Lilliana?”

Her gaze fell to the table, and bracing h er hands against it, she slowly pushed herself to her feet. Deliberately, she turned and walked toward him with her eyes on the carpet, as if she had been

summoned to meet her maker. When she reached the door, Adrian grasped her elbow and propelled her swiftly into the east wing and to his private study.

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