Lord Carlton's Courtship by Alexandra Ivy

Author:Alexandra Ivy [Ivy, Alexandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Roma was up early the next morning after a restless night, thankful that she had managed to return to her room the evening before without anyone realizing that she hadn’t spent the entire day in bed with a migraine. But while she was grateful to Giles for his assistance in returning her to London without creating a scandal, she did resent his refusal to discuss his mysterious plan that would allow her to return to Greystead Manor.

It wasn’t like the arrogant man to give a decision such careful thought, she acknowledged with a flare of impatience. He was the type who decided a course of action and forged ahead with complete confidence that he had chosen the correct path. But as he had helped her to slip into her room last evening, he had momentarily grabbed her fingers, his expression unnaturally somber as he had gazed deeply into her wide eyes.

“Do you trust me, Roma?” he had asked softly.

Bemused by the unexpected question, she had nodded her head without thought. “Of course.”

The blue eyes had darkened with an unreadable emotion, and his grip had tightened on her fingers.

“Then, whatever I decide to do tomorrow, you must believe that I am acting in your own best interest. Remember that, Roma.”

With one last lingering glance, he had disappeared into the shadows surrounding the house, leaving behind a very suspicious young lady.

Did she trust Lord Giles Carlton? That question, along with the memories of her shameful reaction to his kiss, had kept her awake most of the night. It simply made no sense. How could she supposedly detest a man, yet know deep in her heart that he was the only man she would depend upon in a time of trouble—and even more frightening, the only man who had made her understand the poignant pleasure of being a woman?

He instilled in her such a maze of confusing emotions that she barely knew what she was feeling from one moment to the next. The only thing she was certain of was the knowledge that he had turned her sane and normal world upside down.

Sighing at her ridiculous thoughts, Roma determinedly focused her concentration on more important matters, namely her brother and his unexplainable disappearance.

Her initial reaction to Thomas Slater’s information had been panic. If William was indeed attempting to capture a man willing to betray his own country, then anything might have happened to him. Horrible visions of him being brutally tortured or smuggled to France and tossed into a dark prison had rushed though her mind. But with a determined effort she had thrust aside the hysterical thoughts and had attempted to view the situation in a reasonable manner.

There were still a thousand unanswered questions, but Roma had been nearly overwhelmed by the abrupt need to return home. She had accomplished what she had wanted in London by alerting the government to the fact that William was missing and by discovering that he had no reason to leave Greystead Manor. Now she was anxious to return to the estate so she could continue her search.

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