Seven Minutes in Devon (Cardiff Siblings, Book 1) by Catherine Gayle

Author:Catherine Gayle [Gayle, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical Romance, Regency, Romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Over the course of the last three days, Emma had spent an increasing amount of her time with Sir Henry and Kingley. Sometimes Morgan and Serena would be with them. Mr. Deering had become a frequent member of their party, since Kingley seemed to react to him better than he did to Sir Henry. Occasionally, Lord Muldaire, Lord Trenowyth, Lord Burington, or some of the other gentlemen would take part in their training activities. It wasn’t uncommon for a group of the ladies to bring out blankets and parasols so they could watch the proceedings from a shaded spot on the lawn.

The only person decidedly absent was Mr. Cardiff.

Emma did not mind that he was not playing a role in Kingley’s training. On the contrary, she was delighted each time he neglected to make himself known. Every time Mr. Cardiff did join the rest of the houseguests, he would sit off to the side, glaring, and his demeanor as sullen and brooding anything she’d ever experienced before.

Ever since the day he’d emerged from the woods covered in marble dust, his demeanor had made even Lord Jacob Deering appear the very soul of levity—which, inexplicably, only drew her to him more than she already had been. Emma could only imagine it was due to the fact that he was perhaps the greatest outcast of them all.

The longer the house party went on, the less she saw of Mr. Cardiff. Whether he was off carving his sculptures, or chopping down trees, or simply brooding alone in his chambers and feigning illness, Emma couldn’t care less. Without Mr. Cardiff’s dark cloud casting a pall upon the proceedings, she and Sir Henry had begun making excellent progress with Kingley.

And with one another, truth be told.

Their time spent together out on the lawn seemed only to draw Sir Henry to her side more often than he already had been during other events. Whenever they would split into groups for a game or an outing, Sir Henry easily worked his way to her side to be sure they could be together.

He sat with her in the drawing room during tea each afternoon, listening to tales of her childhood with Vanessa when they would help Father on the farm, or he’d wait eagerly for her to tell him which book she’d read the night before.

At the breakfast table each morning, he situated himself near her, perhaps not right by her side but close enough they could converse, always smiling at any anecdotes she might offer and hanging upon her every word.

Just last night at supper, Vanessa had arranged for Lord Jacob to be to Emma’s right, but Sir Henry somehow maneuvered himself into that position, sending Lord Jacob down to take his seat next to Morgan.

All things considered, Emma believed Sir Henry might be forming a bit of an attachment to her—perhaps even a tendre. Thank heavens for that. She was spending so much time in his company that any chance one of the other gentlemen might develop an interest in her was quickly falling by the wayside.

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