Lady Cecily and the Mysterious Mr. Gray by Janice Preston

Author:Janice Preston
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-08T18:36:36+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The enormity of what had nearly happened hit Cecily as she waited, sick with nerves, for Kilburn to call. She would have given herself to Zach, seized with a kind of madness that drove her on, reaching for the promise that seemed to flutter just out of her reach. It was Zach who had shown restraint. Even now that same restless yearning toiled deep inside her as though trying to find its way out of her body. Just the thought of him set her pulse skipping and her heart lurching. Then she thought about doing those same unimaginably intimate things—and more—with Kilburn and her stomach clenched.

But it will be different with Kilburn. It will merely be breeding, like the animals in the fields.

She must simply learn to separate her mind and her feelings from the physical process. It was no more than many a wife must do when she harboured no tender feelings for her husband. But when she relived last night—how Zach had made her feel and how she felt now—she felt even less ready to accept Kilburn even though her head still told her it was the right path to take, despite the misgivings fuelled by Zach’s warnings.

She paced the salon to the window that overlooked the carriageway. She wished Kilburn would make haste—she could not abide this waiting. She looked at the clock on the mantel. Almost noon. He must have visited Zach by now. What was keeping him? Had Zach gone yet? Did Kilburn force him to leave? Her throat thickened and she diverted her thoughts. Waiting. Waiting.

The door opened. Parker entered and bowed.

‘Lord Kilburn is here, milady.’

‘Thank you, Parker. Please show him in.’

Now the moment had arrived she felt strangely calm. This was her choice. She yielded her hand willingly when he carried it to his lips.

‘Lady Cecily, I trust you are none the worse for your adventure yesterday?’

There was no hint of nervousness on his face, just supreme confidence and an abundance of male satisfaction. He was utterly assured of his own worth and that she would accept him.

‘I am indeed none the worse,’ Cecily said. ‘And might I enquire whether you delivered adequate supplies to Mr Gray this morning, as promised?’

His lips tightened a fraction. ‘Why is it you are still concerned with his welfare? You saw for yourself yesterday that he was recovering.’

‘I should like further reassurance, however, my lord, for my brother will certainly wish to know his friend was in good health when you saw him. You did visit him?’

‘Yes, I did, first thing this morning, as promised. I then had urgent correspondence to send via the London mail coach, or I should have attended you earlier.’

She reined in her irritation. She couldn’t care less about his correspondence. ‘And did you find Mr Gray well?’

‘I did. His camp was all packed up and I watched him leave. You will not be troubled by him again.’

Her heart cracked and pain ripped through her at the thought of never seeing Zach again, never feeling his arms around her; his lips on hers.

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