Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke by Suzanne Enoch

Author:Suzanne Enoch [Enoch, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Regency, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780312534530
Google: QJQh_Lq4940C
Amazon: 0312534531
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-09-24T21:00:00+00:00

TEN

At three minutes past midnight Sophia excused herself from the festivities and followed Camille upstairs in the direction of their respective bedchambers.

“I like Ivy Flanagan,” she said, wrapping her arm around her friend’s. “Are you going to visit her and James as they asked?”

“We may,” Cammy conceded with a tired smile. “I hadn’t realized that James knew Keating at Cambridge. Keating says he’s a good man, even if he is Irish.”

Sophia chuckled. “I think you should go. You need to meet people who don’t give a fig about Society gossip.”

“It’s been … interesting, deciphering former friends and deciding whether I can trust new ones. And you and Mr. Loines will always be welcome at Havard’s Glen, you know.”

“I don’t think that will ever happen, but it’s very nice of you to say.” They stopped outside Cammy’s door. “I’m so glad you’ve found a happy life, Cammy.”

“I am happy. I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my entire life.”

“I do like hearing you say that, my love.” Keating’s low drawl came from down the hallway. He stopped on Cammy’s other side and put his arm across her shoulders, leaning in to kiss his wife.

“I thought you were going to stay downstairs and smoke all of Greaves’s cigars.”

Keating shook his head. “I decided it would be more fun up here.”

As Cammy blushed, Sophia laughed again. “I certainly can’t compete with that. I’ll see you in the morning.”

Before she could walk down the hallway to her own room, Keating took her arm. “Greaves is angry,” he muttered. “He’s not particularly nice when he’s angry. Be wary.”

“I will be.” She shrugged free. “Good night, Blackwoods.”

Once she slipped into her quiet, firelit room, she leaned back against the closed door and blew out her breath. So Adam was angry, was he? Well, he was the one who’d decided that everything that had happened before his silly guests arrived was unacceptable now. That she was an embarrassment. That the only reason she could possibly be there was to be his mistress. And now that he had a wife to choose, she was supposed to be ignored or ridiculed until she went away. That was fine for him, but she wasn’t about to stop living simply because he had better things to do and better people with whom to chat.

“Arrogant man,” she muttered, straightening again to unbutton her gown and pull on her comfortable, oversized night rail.

Blowing out the candle set beside her bed, she slipped beneath the warm covers. Generally she had very little trouble falling asleep—but not tonight. She turned over, pounding her pillow into a comfortable shape, then rolled back the other way. If everyone thought she was Adam’s mistress, then once the bridal competition narrowed down a bit more, she would find herself more directly disliked. A duke might not marry her, but no duchess wanted to see her husband flirting about with the likes of her. Not even for a few days, not even before she went to marry the vicar of Gulval.

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