Released by Adella J. Harris

Author:Adella J. Harris [Harris, Adella J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: M/M Romance, Gay Romance, bdsm romance, Historical Romance, Regency romance
Publisher: A.J.H.
Published: 2017-12-14T23:00:00+00:00

Jim wandered outside, keeping to the sides of the house so he wouldn’t get lost on his own. He knew he should leave, but he also knew Lionel was right, and it looked like it would rain again that night, and it would look strange if he came back again after leaving. And he’d liked the nice room, the warm bed, and most of all, the company. Sir Lionel really didn’t act like he thought he was a former prostitute. Maybe he hadn’t really believed him when he’d told him.

Jim rounded the corner of the house and saw Mrs. O’Brien was in the kitchen garden pulling weeds. At least he could be useful while he was here. “Like some help?”

She made to get up. “Wouldn’t be proper, sir.”

“I’m not one of Sir Lionel’s fancy friends from town, just someone he met while traveling. I like gardens. In fact, I used to grow some vegetables outside the last place I lived in town.”

“Well if you don’t mind, I suppose it’s all right.”

“If Sir Lionel says anything, just blame me.” Jim draped his overcoat across the fence so it wouldn’t get dirty again and knelt down by the asparagus patch and started working. “Isn’t there a gardener to do this?”

“Not yet. Sir Lionel was going to hire one, but first there were other people to be interviewed. House staff, then the overseer for the farms, and there were three tenant farms that were in disrepair, and four others that he wasn’t pleased with the state they were in, so builders and a mason. It’s been quite a chore getting this place up to snuff. But I think he’s managing it beautifully.”

It sounded like Lionel had his priorities right for the place then. Jim caught a particularly stubborn weed and tugged. “You’ve got a nice garden started here, though.”

“Well, I do try. But I can never get the cucumbers to do what I want them to.”

Jim relaxed. This was a conversation he understood. And no dashing gentlemen to be kind and distract him.

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