Reckless by reckless

Author:reckless [reckless]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-12-28T02:03:58+00:00

HE BECAME AWARE OF A pounding on his door, and it felt as if someone had taken a hammer to his head.

He groaned and thundered out, “Go away!”

“Sir Hunter!” It was Emma.

“Is there a fire?”

“A fire? No.”

“Then go away!”

For a moment, he thought that he had been left in peace. Then the door to his room opened. He opened an eye slowly. It wasn’t like Emma to just walk in. He slept in nothing but his flesh, and there was no guarantee that the covers would be in a proper position.

But it wasn’t Emma. It was Kat!

Her hair was down, a luxurious fall over her shoulders. She was wearing one of her sister’s perfect concoctions, something with a bodice that enhanced the breasts and made the waist minuscule. For once, her eyes were a soft hazel, guileless, and he knew that she was nervous, that it had taken her a great deal to come into the room.

He groaned, turning into his pillow, offering her the expanse of his back.

“Sir Hunter, please!” she said.

He rolled back, wishing he had forgone the whiskey. And why the whiskey?

Her!

“What?” he demanded.

“You have to help me.”

“No, I don’t.”

She inhaled a deep breath. “Eliza is worried. She said that Lord Avery was very upset when David came in last night, that for some reason it seemed that he was angry with me! I can’t imagine why.”

He stared at her then, at the length of her, at the perfection of her form, the classic beauty of her face, and the wildfire of her hair.

“Nor can I,” he said sarcastically.

“He seems to think that I’m…trouble.”

“You are.”

“What? But I must go on the expedition!” she said.

Ah, yes, she must go. David was going.

“Could you get out of my bedroom, please? As you can see, I’ve not risen.”

“You have to listen to me, please.”

He stared at her. She wasn’t going.

“Excuse me, then.” He rose. He was glad to hear her gasp at his nakedness. He walked across the room to the bathroom, slamming the door.

He poured water and doused his face, needing the cold. He put on the bathrobe hanging on the door.

“Sir Hunter?”

He took his time, brushing his teeth.

At last, he threw open the bathroom door. “Coffee?” he asked.

“It’s outside the door,” she said, swallowing.

“Why don’t you get it?”

“Right away.”

Of course there was coffee. Emma had conspired with the girl. She hurried out, found the waiting tray on the floor and brought it in. “Cream, sugar?” she asked.

“Black.”

She handed him a cup. Her hands were shaking, he noted.

He sipped it, sitting at the foot of the bed, staring at her. Then he shook his head. “What on earth can I do for you?”

She swallowed. “There is a way, I believe.”

He arched a brow. “And that would be?”

“You…um…you’d have to become engaged to me.”

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