One Hot Scot by Suzanne Enoch

Author:Suzanne Enoch
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781466847125
Publisher: St. Martin's
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

The trousers felt scratchy against her thighs, but Julia tied the rope Duncan had given her around her waist and rolled up the bottoms of the legs until her feet stuck through. Even if he hadn’t suggested she not wear her ball gown she was more than tired of it—not just because it was dirty and torn, but because of what it represented. She’d been stupid and naive that night, and she’d paid for it with her reputation. If her grandfather hadn’t seen fit to gift her with forty thousand pounds upon her marriage, she would have lost her future, too.

She glanced across the room at Duncan, seated at the table with her shoes and trimming a pair of rabbit pelts to fit around them. At this time yesterday she’d been in a corner of a bed chamber that didn’t belong to her, watching a man she thought she knew become more and more a stranger, and more and more frightening.

At the beginning Bellamy had been pleased with himself, but polite and even a touch apologetic. When she didn’t swoon or fall to her knees and agree to marry him to save her reputation, his polite veneer had begun to melt away. By yesterday morning she’d begun to fear that he would resort to something physical—something like what she and Duncan had been up to last night and this morning. Except it wouldn’t have been the same, because the idea of Bellamy touching her like that disgusted and horrified her.

When she’d found Duncan, after her initial aggravation—and in part because of it—she’d thought perhaps she was … infatuated. He’d saved her, after all, whether he’d set out to do so or not. But the more they spoke, the more she realized that she simply liked him. She liked his honest, straightforward manner; she liked the way he cared for his sisters, his sense of humor, the way he seemed to understand her and made her feel she’d been brave. Of course he couldn’t be perfect—no man was. But for heaven’s sake, he was gorgeous and compassionate and obviously seemed as stunned by the attraction between them as she was.

When he’d said he would give her a bathtub and share it with her, her first thought had been that she did want him to do so. She did want more time with him. A great deal more time. The only thought that troubled her was her blasted money. Duncan knew she was ruined, since he’d helped a great deal with that. He also knew she would receive a very large dowry upon her wedding. When her grandfather had written up his will, she’d only been seven. And he’d likely been thinking that he wanted to ensure she had a fine, comfortable life. Unfortunately, he’d also seen to it that nearly every man in England saw her as a walking bank account. But did Duncan see her that way?

“Put on yer shoes, lass, and I’ll see if I can bind them up fer ye,” he said, standing to bring her the light dancing slippers.

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