Sinful Secrets by Samantha Holt

Author:Samantha Holt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-07-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“What have you told your parents?”

Cleo gave Gideon a smug smile. “They think that I am riding over to see Miss Mary Dudley. I’ve told them I shall be gone for the whole day.”

He eased his horse into a trot as they approached a steep slope. They had witnessed a little rainfall overnight and the ground was still slick and muddy. As much as he had enjoyed rescuing Cleo from the mud, he had no intention of sending her home covered in filth.

“I’m glad you were able to sneak away.”

She blew out a breath. “It is getting increasingly hard. Niall is visiting constantly, and every day it seems we are tackling wedding plans.” Her face darkened. “We’ve set a date you know.”

“I had heard,” he said tightly.

“I only have two weeks, Gideon. Two weeks and I shall be stuck with a jewel thief forever.”

“Perhaps you should just tell your parents everything.” He had tried to persuade her to tell them the truth via his letters but to no avail. He could hardly blame her, though. After all, it had taken real evidence for her to believe him.

“They will never believe me.” She sighed again. “Mama will be so disappointed when she finds out the truth. But we must reveal him. We must.”

“And we will,” he assured her.

They stopped, and Gideon dismounted to open the large gate at the end of the field. He ushered Cleo through and found himself admiring her. The fresh air always suited her, bringing out a natural redness to her cheeks. This was how he always liked to think of her. Well, at least since his revelation.

He had spent the past week—when he was not trekking around jewellery shops and meeting with investigators—thinking of Cleo and their every moment together.

Most of his thoughts centred around the times they’d been out of doors together, playing in the fields or as they aged, simply taking strolls together. There was something to say for country living when it allowed male and female friends to still spend time together.

However, just because country parenting tended to be more relaxed, did not mean they could be seen together now—not since Cleo was engaged. As much as he wanted this engagement broken, he did not want to bring scandal to her doorstep.

He would protect Cleo from it all if he could. Scandal, heartbreak, danger. He’d never really understood these overly dramatic men in books and plays that would do anything for a woman until now.

He closed the gate and remounted. They followed the quiet country lane up toward Grandfield House where St. Clair resided. It was his hope, as he had explained to Cleo, that they would be able to find out more from St. Clair today without having to have whispered discussions in the corner. Also, St. Clair had been running his own investigations, so he was hopeful he might have come up with something.

His father, it seemed, had become determined to help him. He could not fathom why he had decided to take some role in his life now, but he would not complain about the help.

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