Saying I Do to the Scoundrel by Liz Tyner

Author:Liz Tyner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-05-02T18:01:21+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The door crashed open, waking her from the light sleep she’d finally managed, and her mind wouldn’t work fast enough to sort out the details. She blinked and looked into the barrel of a gun. A rifle the size of a carriage was held by a man who looked the size of a house.

She blinked again, expecting the barrel to disappear, but it didn’t. She felt Brandt’s hand clench at her stomach and she stiffened against him.

Three men, seven feet tall, with staring eyes and holding weapons, moved into the room. An army.

‘I did it,’ she shouted the words. ‘It was my plan. My idea and I kid—’

Brandt’s hand clamped over her mouth and he held tight.

‘Adam, could you not knock?’ Brandt drawled. ‘And I think the weapons have scared my lady.’

The men lowered their guns, standing stone still, staring. The one in the front barked a startled laugh and gave a quick bow, backing up. ‘I will wait for you outside.’ He chuckled again. ‘Welcome home, little brother,’ he added as they left and he pulled the door shut.

‘Welcome home?’ Brandt muttered, removing his hand from her mouth and sitting up. He raised an eyebrow. ‘My brother. The eldest. He’s always been a bit irritating.’ He studied her a moment, then said quietly. ‘I would prefer you do not tell him I kidnapped you.’

‘I thought he was a magistrate who had followed you,’ she whispered, looking into his face.

‘If a magistrate arrives, I would prefer you not mention a kidnapping to him—especially.’

‘I said it was my idea.’ She put a hand on his chest and could feel his heart beat, and she realised he didn’t have a shirt on. For a moment, they were alone in the world and he was the one person she wished to be with.

And she was a fallen woman next to a man who obviously had no idea what to do with a newly ruined lady.

Katherine saw no reason to move her hand away from him. She was quite pleased with the way his chest felt. ‘I would not have you take all the blame.’ In fact, she would take it all if he would keep his shirt discarded. She would even take responsibility for the fall of any empire.

‘I appreciate your consideration. I’m sorry he frightened you,’ he said and brushed a brief kiss across her forehead as casually as if he’d done it a thousand times. ‘I do not know what I will tell my brother, but I think it best if any person of law might happen upon us, we answer questions as they are asked and do not blurt out all.’

She thought she didn’t deserve such an insult to her criminal ways, but didn’t challenge him and moved to stand beside the bed. She saw a brief smile touch his lips as he buttoned his waistcoat and walked to pick up the beaten-down boots.

She scurried to put on her half-boots and the waistcoat.

He sat in the chair, slipping on his footwear.

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