Romancing His English Rose (Entangled Scandalous) by Hemmerling Catherine

Author:Hemmerling, Catherine [Hemmerling, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, romance series, Entangled Scandalous, Catherine Hemmerling, Entangled Publishing
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-09-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

There is nothing quite like the thrill of the hunt.

—The Duke of Lancaster

At five minutes to midnight, Rose was climbing down the rose trellis outside her window. It had been a number of years since she had used the trellis as an exit and she was surprised by the amount of growth there was in comparison to the last time she had made the descent. It seemed every step was fraught with more thorns and vines that snagged at her clothing and attempted to thwart her endeavor.

Rose jumped down the last few feet to the ground. Once again on terra firma, she ran quickly to the corner of the property where a large alder buckthorn shrub grew. Crouching there, Rose waited. Simon would arrive shortly, she knew, but as she hid there among the branches, she was very glad she had borrowed one of David’s old childhood coats from Hannah. Her pelisse would have done very little good against the cold winter night.

“Rose?”

Rose broke off her rambling thoughts quickly when she heard Simon call her name from somewhere nearby.

“I’m here,” she whispered as she stepped out from behind the buckthorn.

…

Simon was standing just in front of the large shrub, partially hidden by its shadow. The moon that evening was large and bright and it provided a surprising amount of light, once one’s eyes adjusted. And once Simon’s eyes had adjusted, it took him barely a second to realize that Rose was not wearing what he expected her to be wearing.

She was dressed all in black, certainly, just as he had requested. However, where there should have been skirts cascading down from beneath what appeared to be a young boy’s overcoat, there were instead legs clad in breeches. Presumably from the same young lad’s closet.

“Rose…what, may I ask, are you wearing?” Simon asked with what he considered surprising calmness.

Rose looked down at herself. “It’s all dark, per your suggestion, is it not?”

“It is not the color that I am questioning, my dear.”

Smiling, Rose said, “Oh, these are some old childhood clothes of David’s…er, Rochester, you know. Hannah loaned them to me.”

“I see.”

Rose’s smile faltered slightly. “Ah, Hannah found them useful during a…er…nighttime excursion she went on recently and she thought I might find them beneficial, as well. Certainly, they will be more maneuverable, don’t you think?”

Rose proceeded to twirl around so that he could see the entire ensemble. As Simon watched, he caught a glimpse of her adorable derrière encased in the rather snug fitting pants and he thought he would expire on the spot from the desire running rampant through his suddenly rock hard body.

Groaning, he closed his eyes tightly and willed certain parts of his body to relax. When he opened them again, he found Rose staring at him with concern.

“Are you all right, Simon?”

“Not exactly,” he said roughly. He just had to avoid touching Rose while she was in her thoroughly enticing attire. If he touched her, he would be lost.

He had only caught a glimpse of the delectable curve of her buttocks when her whirling caused the edge of the overcoat to lift.

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