My Fair Duchess by Julie Johnstone

Author:Julie Johnstone [Johnstone, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Julie Johnstone
Published: 2014-09-28T16:00:00+00:00

Why the devil had he just lied? Colin gripped her around the waist a little tighter as they danced down the line and then came back together face-to-face. Confusion swarmed him. He had been jealous when Worthington had asked to call on her and livid when he had seen her empty dance card. He wasn’t sure why he cared so much, or even at all. He didn’t want a wife, let alone one who made him jealous. Yet, the fact was that if Philip did lose the wager this woman would be his wife, and even though he would never allow himself to feel love for her, he did not care for the idea of his possible future duchess in another man’s arms or with another man’s lips pressed to hers. He had never had to share a thing in his life, and he was not going to start with her. Especially not her, a voice in his head added.

He needed to help her while ensuring she remained chaste per chance Philip lost the wager. That was going to make a very thin line for him to walk.

“If anyone else should ask you, you can tell them you are staying in Town at my aunt’s home. Lady Langley is her name.”

Amelia quirked her lovely eyebrows at him. “Will your aunt approve of this?”

He nodded. “Aunt Jane is a spinster. She’ll welcome the company.”

“Why did she never marry?”

“She did not need to. Her mother’s aunt left all her money to Aunt Jane. She is a very wealthy woman in her own right, therefore rendering the need for a man useless.”

“I suppose you imagine that proves your point about women.”

“But it does. The money is all she requires. She cares nothing for love.”

Amelia smirked at him. “Did you never think that perhaps your aunt simply never found love or she did but it slipped away from her?”

“That’s absurd,” he replied but missed a step as he did so. Amelia’s eyes widened as she teetered. He reached out and grasped her arm, pulling her closer than needed, to rescue her. She had imbalanced him by offering an observation that he had never considered. The desire to do the same to her overcame him, but he could not think beyond the overwhelming awareness that she was crushed against him―all soft and womanly.

He glanced at her face and need stirred restlessly within him. Her lids had become heavy, and her gaze had darkened. Heat rushed through him. By God, she desired him. Her lashes fell but not before a blush of awareness stained her cheeks. She may think she loved Worthington, but her body had never craved a man as she wanted Colin. That much was evident by her embarrassment.

A sharp pain assaulted his chest. If Amelia were his, he would be her first everything and, in a way, she would be his. He shoved the thought away as ice crept into his veins. Already, he was becoming a weak fool like his father had been.

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