Rules Of Engagement by Christina Dodd

Author:Christina Dodd [Dodd, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-05-04T14:58:15+00:00

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That left Kerrich and Pamela alone. Taking her arm, he propelled her forward. Her eyes stung and she wiped at them. As they topped the hill, the wind and the rain struck them straight on. Far ahead, Timothy was running with Beth toward the rapidly emptying posting area, and the coachman was securing the horses Beth and Kerrich had ridden to the back of the carriage.

"What a bloody damned mess," Kerrich said.

"Your fault," Pamela mumbled, although she knew she should not continue to provoke him. Then, as if in retribution, the gale slipped under the curved wing of her hat. Flipping off her head, it dangled down her back, held only by the ribbon under her chin. Pamela tried to return it to its place on her head.

"Take it off." Kerrich spoke close to her ear, sounding even more aggrieved than before.

She shouted. She had to, he couldn't have heard her above the storm's roar if she did not. "A lady is never seen in public without—"

"Oh, for God's sake!" Stopping, he turned her toward him, untied the sodden ribbons, removed her bonnet, and yelled, "Now is not the time to worry about the propriety of wearing that ugly hat."

The rain sluiced down right on her bare head. Snatching her hat out of his hand, she snapped, "It's not ugly."

"You're right." He brushed the water off of her cheek, then stared at his fingers. "It's hideous!"

"It's perfect for a dried-up old spinster like me." She nodded her head at him in final reproof, noting how oddly he gazed at her, then turned and forged on. Her hair straggled down and she shoved it back.

It took her a moment to realize he hadn't rejoined her. For some obscure reason, he remained in the same spot, standing in the mud and the wind and the rain.

Just when she thought the day couldn't get any worse, he was going to prove stubborn. She started back for him, and at the same time he started for her. She came to a halt; he strode forward with such purpose she thought he would walk right over the top of her. She tried to evade him, but he grasped her arms in his fists and held her against him, body to body. She looked up at him. He gave a curse, the kind of curse she had heard in the stables when they'd had a horse trample them.

"My lord," she exclaimed, uncomfortable with the closeness, confused by his fury. "I beg that you remember to whom you are speaking!"

"To whom am I speaking?" he demanded.

She didn't understand him. "Wh-what?"

"Miss Lockhart." He shook her, but he kept her so close against him that the punishment was nothing more than discomfort. "Miss Liar!"

Her stomach twisted.

He slid one arm around her waist, then with his other hand he wiped at her cheek and showed her his fingers. "Look at that, Miss Lockhart. Your disguise is all washed away."

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