Lady of Fortune by Ellie St. Clair

Author:Ellie St. Clair
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 2019-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

EDDIE HAD FINISHED his training session with Valiant and was heading out to meet Will for lunch when the sun reflected off a window across the street and went right into his eyes. He raised a hand to his brow in order to block the brightness, but as he did, he noticed something else.

For there, in the doorway of a coffee house, was Lady Julia. She was standing next to her friend, Lady Elizabeth if he recalled her name correctly. But that wasn’t what most captured his attention. It was the man who stood in front of Julia, or, rather, with Julia. For he was leaning so far into her that the man looked as though he was with her, and not a mere acquaintance.

From his immaculate dress, the way his hair was pulled back ever so carefully, and the very manner of which he held himself, it could only be one man—the Duke of Clarence.

So, a man whose ranking was next to only the Prince Regent himself was interested in Julia. How wonderful for her.

Eddie snorted as he turned away. He could lie to himself as much as he liked. Deep within, he knew that he would be unhappy about Julia being with anyone but himself.

That could never happen, he insisted once more, a mantra that seemed to have become rather repetitive as of late. And it wouldn’t stop, he knew, until this damn race was done and he was separated from her for good.

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AND SO EDDIE broodily greeted Julia the next morning when she arrived at the Rowley Mile stable, where Orianna would remain until after the Two Thousand Guineas, so she could become used to the other horses on the training grounds. This melancholy mood was not a familiar one to Eddie, and he did not enjoy the way it felt within him. But at the moment, even Julia, who normally brought him all of the happiness in the world, could not make him feel any better, for all he could think of was the fact that their time together was coming to an end.

“Eddie!” she said as she practically skipped into the stables despite the early hour. She entered the stall with him, greeted Orianna with an apple and a stroke of her neck, and then turned to him with eagerness on her face.

“Are you excited?” he asked her.

“I am,” she said. “Very.”

“About the Two Thousand Guineas, or about something else?” He crossed his arms and leaned back against the stall door.

“About the race of course, but there is more to it, I must admit,” she said slowly, looking up at him from beneath her lashes. “What… do you think I would be excited about?”

“I’m not sure,” he said, matching the hesitation in her voice. “Are you looking forward to spending more time with a certain gentleman?”

“Yes,” she responded, her cheeks turning quite a becoming pink, and his heart turned in his chest. He hadn’t realized just how much he was beginning to feel for

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