Kay Springsteen by Something Like a Lady

Author:Something Like a Lady [Lady, Something Like a]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Jon sat on the edge of the narrow bed in the dressing room and watched narrow fingers of blue-white moonlight play across the floor, poking their way into the shadows, pushing them back — showing who was the master — and then moving on. He’d given up hope of sleeping as emotions churned and tumbled over one another like the crashing surf in wintertime.

Annabella’s fan opened easily at his hand. He had no notion as to why he’d snatched the confounded bit of silk and lace from the parlor floor where Annabella had dropped it. Tracing the lacy edge with one finger, he sighed. Once again, he’d handled the matter badly. He’d had every intention of telling her the truth of their situation and then perhaps sharing a bit about his own dilemma.

But her spark, her verve as she’d spoken her mind had distracted him from his mission. Merely being in her presence never failed to electrify his senses. He shouldn’t have kissed her. And when she’d kissed him back… He should have put a stop to it all until they’d talked.

Jon lifted his gaze and stared at the door connecting the dressing room to the bedchamber. She’d bolted it. He hadn’t known it was possible to move the bolt still, but she’d managed it. Driven by desperation to keep him at bay, she had set a lock that hadn’t been set for years. As if to pound home the thought, a ray of moonlight crept up along the doorjamb and caressed the iron hinges that held the door in place.

How could he make things right? Annabella could be the most maddening creature he’d ever known, but since meeting her, he’d felt more alive than he had since he’d been a boy at play. And he’d spoiled it all by not tempering his lascivious reaction to a lovely woman. He pinched the bridge of his nose. It was more than his poor handling of the matter that rankled. His pride had taking a stunning blow.

To be chased from his own bedchamber, locked out by a reluctant wife. Gran would hear about it. The servants at Blackmoor were fiercely loyal to the dowager duchess, and she’d hear about the confrontation before the morning was out. To say the least, she wouldn’t be pleased.

Blast his ardent nature! Nay! He couldn’t cast the entire blame on his nature. In truth, he’d never been with a woman who set molten fire racing through his veins as Annabella did. When she was near, he became ruddy unhinged.

Unhinged.

Jon sat bolt upright. “Unhinged, indeed.”

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