Starcross Lovers: A Silver Foxes of Westminster Novella (Starcross Castle Book 1) by Merry Farmer

Author:Merry Farmer [Farmer, Merry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

That was it. That was the last time Ginny was going to get her hopes up. She’d heard from Harry’s own lips that he wasn’t interested in marriage. Which meant he wasn’t interested in marrying her. She couldn’t decide if she was angry or miserable as she marched back to the group of workers where Stephen stood.

“Did you find what you were looking for?” Stephen asked her, his bland, boring smile in place as she stopped with a huff beside him and crossed her arms.

“Yes,” she clipped, not bothering to hide her frown. She’d told him she wanted to look at something at the edge of the cliff, but in fact, she had seen Harry wandering with Miss Victoria and was curious to see if the same spark that had been between them in his office the other day was still there.

Because for three nights she had lain awake, second-guessing everything she knew or thought she knew. Harry had been showing off when he interrupted her picnic with Stephen. The only reason a man showed off in front of a woman was if he wanted her in some way. She’d tossed and turned for three nights, wondering if she was wrong about what he thought of her and whether there had been some kind of misunderstanding all these years.

But no, Stephen was right. She’d found what she was looking for. What she needed to do next was clear.

“Is everything all right?” Stephen asked when he escorted her away from the workers and around the valley to the hill where Lady Mariah sat. She’d come out with the wagon Lord Peter had arranged to help Lady Mariah back to the house, but had wandered into the valley to say hello to Stephen, and to spy on Harry.

“Everything’s fine,” she said, her voice higher and louder than it should have been. “It’s a beautiful day, the mine is coming along nicely, and we’re all set to have supper together in Truro tomorrow.”

“Yes,” Stephen said with a proud smile. “I’m quite looking forward to that.”

Ginny tried to reward his enthusiasm with a grin, but when she looked up, all she noticed was Harry and Miss Victoria heading in the same direction they were. Harry looked up as well, his eyes dark with sorrow…which didn’t make a lick of sense, as far as Ginny was concerned. Their paths converged halfway up the hill.

“Good afternoon, Miss Travers,” Stephen said, touching the brim of his hat to Miss Victoria.

“Hello, Mr. Adler. How are you this fine afternoon?” Miss Victoria asked.

“Splendid. Positively splendid.”

“I’m glad to hear it.”

Ginny ignored the small talk, looking deliberately ahead of her to where Lady Mariah and Lord Peter were scooting apart and trying not to look as red-faced and guilty for what was probably more public affection than they wanted to admit to. Lord Peter stood and came to greet Stephen.

“How are things coming along?” he asked.

“Very well,” Stephen answered.

Ginny broke away from him and went to her mistress’s side, helping her to stand, ready to ignore another small-talk filled conversation.

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