Never Seduce A Scoundrel by Sabrina Jeffries

Author:Sabrina Jeffries
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Dear Cousin,

The most awful thing has happened—we are keeping it quiet until we learn more, but I know I can count on your discretion. Lord Pomeroy has carried off my poor charge! I wish I had listened to you—he’s clearly a monster! And now I am the most miserable of chaperones for having neglected my duty so egregiously.

Your desperate friend,

Charlotte

F or God’s sake, Winter, settle down.”

Lucas stopped pacing the drawing room to shoot his cousin a foul glance. “She’s late.”

“Women often are,” Kirkwood said. “Even Mother hasn’t come down yet.”

“Yes, but Amelia is generally on time.”

“And you know this from a week’s acquaintance?” His cousin snorted. “I take it your investigation is proceeding well.”

“Not as well as I’d like.” Lucas sat, then rose again, too agitated to stay still.

“Well enough you won’t need me after tonight, I hope.” Kirkwood set his feet up on the ottoman. “I’m getting married.”

Lucas swung around to face his cousin. “What? When?”

“In a few days, I hope, depending on how long it takes me and Miss Linley to reach Gretna Green.”

“What’s Gretna Green?” Lucas asked.

“It’s where a dastardly fortune hunter like me takes an underage heiress he can’t marry in England without her father’s permission. The town is just across the border in Scotland, where legal weddings are ridiculously easy to obtain. I’ve made arrangements for me and Miss Linley to head there tomorrow.” He scowled. “Before I have pockets to let.”

Lucas stared at him. “Do you even like Miss Linley?”

Kirkwood shrugged. “She’s a bit of a goose, but I can put up with it if it means pulling my estate out of debt. Besides, she’s too absorbed in her own affairs to worry about mine—so my life will be little different than it is now, as long as I let her have all the fripperies and jewels she wants.” He grinned. “And I don’t think consummating the marriage will be too much of a hardship, do you?”

Lucas didn’t answer. He couldn’t imagine bedding the snooty Miss Linley no matter how pretty she was. She’d probably worry about mussing her hair.

Unlike Amelia, who’d worry only about driving him crazy. Just the one kiss that afternoon had set fire to his blood. If he even imagined what she’d be like in his bed, he—

A footman entered the room to hand Lucas a folded sheet with his name on it. “Forgive me, sir, but we found this in the hall. Someone must have delivered it while the servants were otherwise occupied.”

Not surprising, considering how Kirkwood had been forced to cut his staff after his late father had lost a fortune at the card tables.

Opening the note, Lucas read it swiftly. Anger gripped his chest. “I don’t believe this. Mrs. Harris writes that Lady Amelia has a headache and won’t be here for dinner.” He frowned and read it again. Something about it bothered him. “I saw her a few hours ago, and she was fine. How can she now be so ill that Mrs. Harris has to make her apologies for her?”

With a shrug, Kirkwood settled back in his armchair.

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