Married for a Highland Debt: A Steamy Scottish Medieval Historical Romance (Highlands’ Partners in Crime) by Olivia Kerr

Author:Olivia Kerr [Kerr, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-04T18:30:00+00:00

Having spent a restless night without his wife, Ninian was angry—not just with Bettina but with himself. She was a gently bred woman of considerable character and intelligence, but he had treated her as nothing more than a convenience, a vessel for his seed so that she could bear his child. A “walking womb,” as she had so eloquently put it. The more he thought about it, the more furious he became, until at last, he stood up and marched to the door of his study, threw it open, and almost bumped into the last person he had ever expected to see.

“Margaret!” he exclaimed as he skidded to a halt on the polished wooden floor.

The woman in front of him stumbled backward, equally as startled as she was. She was a small woman with luxuriant auburn hair tied in a knot at the nape of her neck, large green eyes, and a heart-shaped face with full lips and a tip-tilted nose. In fact, his former wife was one of the loveliest women he had ever seen, but he knew that her heart was black.

“Ninian, you startled me!” she gasped with a nervous laugh, then stood still, obviously waiting to be admitted to his study.

Ninian did not oblige her, instead standing on the threshold of his inner sanctum, hands on hips, feet planted wide apart so that he almost filled the whole doorway. “What do you want, Margaret?” he growled. “I gave you a generous settlement last time. Do not ask me for more money; you will receive no more.”

“I did not come here for money!” she answered hotly. “I came to tell you something that will save you much embarrassment if it is discovered; however, if you would rather I did not, then I will leave.” She turned on her heel to go, but he grabbed her arm.

“Come inside,” he said grimly. “Say what you have to say and go, Margaret. I do not want you under my roof a moment longer than is necessary.”

Margaret pushed past him and sat on a chair in front of the desk. “Are you not going to offer me a glass of wine?” she asked, pointedly looking at the decanter on the table.

“No,” he snapped. “I am not. Get on with it, then get out, Margaret.” He dropped into the chair behind the desk and glared at her.

“Very well.” She sat back in her chair and looked at him steadily. “I am with child,” she stated, her voice flat.

“And how does this concern me?” He was puzzled. “It is not my child.”

“No, it is not,” she agreed. “But everyone thinks you sent me away because I could not conceive a child. If news travels that I am pregnant, the blame will fall on you, and people may think you are impotent.”

“We both know why I sent you away,” he said grimly. “Because you are faithless and betrayed me.”

“But no one else knows that,” Margaret pointed out.

“No—because out of the goodness of my heart, I did not let the truth be known to save you embarrassment.

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