Regency Pirates: Pirate Next Door by Jennifer Ashley

Author:Jennifer Ashley [Ashley, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: JA / AG Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“Well, open it, silly,” Lady Featherstone said.

Alexandra laid the package on the small Sheraton table and unwrapped the paper to find a folded black velvet cloth inside. She pulled the fabric down to reveal what lay in its center, and she and Lady Featherstone gasped together.

“Good heavens!” Lady Featherstone said, pressing her hand to her heart.

An intricate strand of diamonds lay on the cloth, glittering like stars against the night. In the middle of the piece, held by clasps of beaten silver, were five opals, each about a half inch across, polished and shining white.

Alexandra recognized the diamonds. They’d been part of the hideous necklace Theo had given her, the one Grayson had stolen from her the night they’d made love aboard his ship. He must have had them cut apart and reset. But the opals . . .

She remembered Grayson’s baritone voice and the touch of his hand the night she’d rescued him: I have opals that would shine like white fire in your hair.

Not a necklace, Alexandra saw, studying the piece again. A diadem.

Lady Featherstone looked up at Alexandra, her expression still. “You did not tell me that you and Viscount Stoke were engaged.”

Alexandra flushed. “We are not.”

Lady Featherstone’s voice remained quiet. “Why else would he give you such a gift?”

Alexandra made herself fold the cloth over the jewels again, shutting out their starry sparkle. “I cannot imagine.”

From the look on Lady Featherstone’s face, she obviously could. “Have a care, my dear. Tongues wag, and ladies in the ton can be very cruel.” Then she brightened a little. “Or, perhaps this is his way of announcing he intends to propose. How delightfully romantic that would be. You and a viscount, right next door to one another, falling hopelessly in love.”

“Yes,” Alexandra said, folding the paper back over the cloth. “Hopeless.”

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