Princess Charming 2 by Thornton Elizabeth

Author:Thornton, Elizabeth [Thornton, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: England - Social Life and Customs - 19th Century, England, Historical, Romantic Suspense, Fiction, Romance, Love Stories, Historical Fiction, General, Regency
ISBN: 9780553581201
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2001-01-30T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Jason stretched his cramped muscles and, rising from his desk, wandered over to the open window. On the lawn outside his study, Chris and Mark, along with their mothers, were playing croquet, but their laughter brought no answering smile to Jason’s lips. Almost a week had passed since he’d brought Gwyn to Haddo, an uneventful week, and though he was well satisfied with how his family had welcomed her—there were no hostile undercurrents that he could detect, and if there had been, he would have dealt with them swiftly and implacably—he was far from happy.

Looking out on that pretty, domestic scene, he found it hard to believe that someone had tried to kill Gwyn. In her pale green pelisse and straw bonnet, she looked as fresh and untroubled as the daffodils that spilled from their flower beds to encroach on Haddo’s dignified lawns. The color was high on her cheeks; her auburn hair tumbled wantonly around her shoulders. Her flashing smile and ready laughter would have convinced anyone that she didn’t have a care in the world.

He was glad, fiercely glad, to see that she had recovered from the attack, and that the horror of that night was fading from her mind. This is where she belongs, he thought. This is how he wanted to see her.

Every morning, they went riding along the beach, no more than a canter, until she had regained her strength, and every evening, he insisted she entertain them by playing the piano. It didn’t take much persuasion to get Gwyn to play the piano. He wished she would look at him the way she looked at that inanimate block of mahogany, and touch him, and play him. He would make the sweetest music she had ever known.

The thought made him grin, but the grin faded when he returned to his desk and picked up a letter he had received that morning from Richard Maitland. He’d already read it several times. Though they were making progress on the Johnny Rowland case, Richard wrote, there was still nothing that connected Mrs. Barrie to it. But the danger to her was still real, in his opinion, and their vigilance must not be relaxed.

He’d be out of town for a little while, Richard wrote, because something had come up, but when he returned, he hoped that Jason could bring Mrs. Barrie to him so that he could question her in person.

Jason tossed the letter aside and stared into space. His sense of frustration was growing by the hour. He couldn’t concentrate on anything. There were architect’s plans needing his attention, and a strategy that one of his business partners had sent him for taking over Barton’s bank. He couldn’t even drum up a tepid interest.

His pent up frustration boiled over, and with a swipe of one hand, he sent architect’s plans and documents flying to the floor. He wanted to be up and doing. He wanted to be questioning witnesses. Of course, he wanted to keep Gwyn safe, but he was going insane cooped up here while Richard chased down leads.

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