Midnight Flame by Lynette Vinet

Author:Lynette Vinet [Vinet, Lynette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Steel Magnolia Press
Published: 2013-08-22T04:00:00+00:00

Simone seethed as her carriage returned her to Clermont. Never had she been so upset. Her scheme had backfired. Instead of Tony becoming enraged and turning against Laurel, he had instead whisked her up the stairs to the seclusion of the bedroom. His attitude about the whole situation puzzled Simone. She couldn’t believe he had stood there and, with a straight face, proclaimed the child as his own. Such loyalty was unbelievable to Simone—unless the baby Laurel carried was Tony’s child.

Her mouth set in a grim line. When she reached home, she would beat that stupid Flossie until the girl was black and blue. Imagine the dumb thing believing anything old Cidra said. The woman could barely hear. What was worse, she, herself, had believed the tall tale. Simone had allowed the rumor to circulate about Laurel through Flossie, even ordering the girl to tell every slave she met for miles around, knowing the gossip would eventually reach the ears of the plantation owners.

Everything had gone exactly as planned until this evening. Tony had become the fly in the ointment, ruining all with his protective attitude.

“Oh, why couldn’t he have gone into a rage and slapped her face in front of everybody!” she ranted to herself.

A shiver racked her. She had told Seth that her plan was foolproof. Now she would be the one to look foolish. Calming down a bit, she thought about Seth Renquist. He wanted the same thing she did, and she wouldn’t question why.

When Laurel Duvalier was out of Tony’s life forever, Simone would breathe easier. Indeed, Seth would prove most useful to her in her new plan. She must depend on him now to woo Laurel away from Tony. The fact that Laurel was having Tony’s child didn’t matter to her. Accidents did happen. Women miscarried babies every day.

Once that stumbling block was out of the way, she could turn all her energies into winning Tony and becoming the next Madame Duvalier.

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