Minuet at Midnight: A Sweet Regency Family Saga Romance (Chronicles of the Westbrook Brides Book 6) by Collette Cameron

Author:Collette Cameron [Cameron, Collette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Chronicles of the Westbrook Brides, Book 6
Publisher: Blue Rose Romance®
Published: 2023-10-17T18:30:00+00:00

De la Chance’s private salon

Several disconcerting heartbeats later

The rub of it was that Leonidas didn’t bloody well know what to do.

At one time—before a certain delectable Scottish lass disrupted his life—he’d made decisions in a snap. Now, he waffled back and forth like a dingy on a stormy sea.

Tomorrow night, De la Chance’s monthly country dancing commenced, followed on the last Thursday of the month by a more formal ball.

Leonidas loved to dance and planned to attend for an hour or two. However, earlier today, Fletcher said Miss Rudgate informed everyone at the morning meeting that two servers had taken to their beds with influenza.

Primrose generously offered to assist for the evening.

Leonidas had been avoiding her, even forgoing the daily meetings, so he’d decided skipping the dance was the wisest thing to do.

Cupping his tense nape where pebbles had taken up residence, he rubbed the stiffness, despising his cowardice.

“You’re a poltroon, Leonidas Rafe Desmond Westbrook,” he muttered.

Yes, he was.

When had he become more worried about the feelings taking root in his heart and beginning to sprout than Primrose possibly becoming enamored with him?

He must nip that distraction in the bud before it took over his life and changed the course he’d set for himself all those years ago. The explorer in him knew full well that gallivanting off pell-mell without knowing where one was going or what one might encounter was a recipe for disaster.

An unapologetic wanderer, he wanted to travel until he lost his sight and hearing and couldn’t walk.

Nothing could keep him in one place.

Leonidas’s blood hummed in his veins with anticipation.

Imagine the magnificent wonders he would see and experience. The colorful adventures he would write for others to enjoy.

He gave a stern nod.

Yes, he had made the right choice to distance himself from Primrose.

It was best for them both.

Shouldn’t he be happy, then? At peace?

He was neither, and that bloody confounded him.

A noise in the corridor made him lift his head.

As if his musings had summoned her, Primrose glided into the salon, wearing a chaste nightrobe fastened to her pert chin, her bare toes peeking at him from beneath the white hem. She carried a candle holder in one hand and a book in the other. Her hair unbound and trailing to her waist, she faltered when she caught sight of him.

“Oh.” Eyes wide and startled, she clapped a hand to her chest, flattening the fabric over her bosom.

Leonidas dragged his gaze away from the tempting mounds. He refused to ogle her as Lyster McKessick’s patrons had done. She deserved more respect.

“You startled me, Leonidas. I didn’t know anyone was here.” She lifted the book a couple of inches. “Fletcher said I might help myself to the books in the library.”

“Please do.” Leonidas waved a hand. “I’m about to leave as it is.”

She set her book down on a half table near the door before, after a slight hesitation, drifting closer, curiosity brightening her eyes. “What are you doing?”

“Finalizing my itinerary.” He snapped the soft Italian leather journal closed before wrapping the leather strap around the middle and tying it.

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