Kiss Me Kate (The English Brothers Book 6) by Katy Regnery

Author:Katy Regnery [Regnery, Katy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Katharine Gilliam Regnery
Published: 2015-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

Kissing

By midweek, Kate and Étienne had developed a routine.

After breakfast, Kate would leave Haverford Park, and Étienne would be waiting for her on the other side of the hedge, in the backyard of Westerly. The Winslows’ old groundskeeper, Friar, didn’t seem to mind two teenagers canoodling in the rose garden or talking for hours on the swing. Étienne had known Friar since childhood, and he’d shared with Étienne that it was nice for someone to be enjoying the gardens that he kept carefully pruned for Mrs. Winslow, despite her absence. As long as Étienne and Kate were quiet and respectful of the gardens, he left them alone, which meant that as long as the sun was shining, Westerly belonged to them.

Kate woke up bright and early on Wednesday morning, but it seemed that her family had started to notice her long absences from Haverford Park.

Her Aunt Eleanora stopped by her room to speak with her, launching into a sermon about how Kate’s parents had entrusted her care to her aunt and uncle, how little they were seeing of Kate (she had missed dinner on Monday and Tuesday nights while she was with Étienne) and asking how Kate was spending her days. Kate had hastily explained that she was spending time with the Story sisters and though her aunt had looked slightly dubious, when Kate mentioned that she was friends with Betsy from summer camp, Eleanora had finally relaxed. As she left Kate’s bedroom to play in a tennis tournament, she turned back and told Kate she expected to see her at dinner for the rest of the week.

On the way downstairs Kate passed Weston who changed direction to chase after her, begging her to go riding with him again.

“Later, Wes?” she asked, looking at her watch and cringing to find it was already after eight. She was losing time with Étienne and couldn’t help feeling impatient.

“When later?” he whined.

“Um…four?”

“Four o’clock? You promise, Kate? You’ll be here?”

“I’ll try,” she said, tousling his hair with one hand and crossing the fingers of the other behind her back.

In the vestibule, Alex caught up with her.

“Barely seen you since Sunday,” he said. “Let’s catch up. How about lunch in town today?”

“I’m, um, I’m seeing Betsy for lunch,” she lied, looking away from him.

“Tomorrow?”

“Um, sure, okay,” said Kate, thinking she’d have to come up with an excuse to get out of riding with Weston today and lunch with Alex tomorrow. She hated that she was going to let down her cousins, but she couldn’t imagine spending time with her family when she only had a few days left with Étienne. She wanted to spend every possible moment with him.

“Great. Tomorrow it is. Noon?”

“Terrific,” she said, hurrying to the kitchen to grab a muffin on her way out.

“Hey Kate,” said Stratton, sitting in the same place he’d been on Monday, except with a different book.

“Hey,” she said, grabbing a travel coffee mug from the cabinet over the coffee maker.

“Going somewhere?” he asked, flicking his blue eyes to her cup.

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