My Lady of Deception (Brethren of the Lords Book 1) by Christi Caldwell

Author:Christi Caldwell [Caldwell, Christi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christi Caldwell
Published: 2015-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

Georgina stared down at her hands. At her toes. At the marble floor. Anywhere but at Tony’s pitying expression.

“I’m sure it was of great importance,” he murmured.

“Yes, I’m sure it was,” she said, her words halting to her own ears. “He did say as much.”

Tony snorted. “You’re entirely too forgiving. It was unpardonable for him to speak to you the way he did.”

Of course, Tony had no idea that Adam’s tone of annoyance was no different from the way she’d been spoken to the better part of her life. Her father’s callous words and stinging rebuke had ceased to hurt a long, long time ago… Adam’s, however, wielded too much power. The kind that could cripple her with a single unkind utterance.

Georgina managed a weak smile. “Are you trying to create trouble for your brother?”

“Oh, I rather suspect my brother doesn’t need my help getting himself into trouble.” He held his elbow out. “Come along.”

Georgina wrinkled her brow. “I’m not a dog, Tony.”

He laughed, the sound deep and husky. The kind of laugh that was going to do funny things to far too many debutantes’ hearts that Season. “I didn’t snap my fingers or pat my leg, Georgie. Come with me,” he tried again, though there was now a note of seriousness in his usually relaxed demeanor. “You must want something before you’re shoved off into Society.”

This time she did laugh. “First a dog, now a ship?”

Tony waggled his brows, his jolliness returning full-fledged. “I never called you a dog, or for that matter a ship.” He held his elbow out again and waited.

Georgina hesitated before placing her arm in his.

“There’s a girl,” he murmured. “I’m sure Adam will return any moment and,” he lowered his lips to her ear, “be madly jealous to discover you’ve run off with his much handsomer, wittier brother.”

“The earl?” she asked teasingly.

He pressed his free hand to his heart. “You wound me! The only accurate thing you’ve said about Nick is that he is, in fact, an earl.”

“And he wouldn’t by the way,” Georgina added. “Be jealous, that is,” she clarified at his puzzled expression. “Adam wouldn’t even notice.” You had to feel something greater than a sense of obligation for a person to truly care about them. The truth of it knifed through her.

Tony gave her fingers a little squeeze. “You truly have no idea that he is madly in love with you.”

Georgina faltered, stumbling against him. “What?” She gave her curls a frantic shake. “No. You are wrong. Adam doesn’t love me.” Oh, she believed he cared for her, had no doubts that he would always protect her, but he did not love her. A person was surely only capable of one true love—and for Adam that had been, and would always be, Grace.

Jealousy gnawed at her heart.

It took her a moment to realize they had stopped in the foyer. Georgina blinked, glancing around as Tony waited for his carriage to be readied. He looked down at her, cuffing her gently under the chin.

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