Summer of Scandal by Syrie James

Author:Syrie James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-09-10T16:00:00+00:00

Charles stared at her.

Last he knew, Miss Atherton was safely stowed at Polperran House. Safe, he had told himself, because she’d been out of reach, out of sight. But not out of mind. Since the day, weeks ago, when she left Trevelyan Manor, she had continued to be foremost in his thoughts. He had constantly found himself wondering where she was and what she was doing.

Since he’d retreated to his workshop a couple of days ago, the wondering had escalated and become carnal in nature. He had imagined in graphic detail what he’d like to do with her—to her—if only he could be alone with her in his private space. The daydreams had been incredibly arousing, leaving him hard as a rock and aching.

He had been entirely aware that those daydreams would never happen, not in his lifetime. He could wish all he wanted, but she was never going to suddenly, magically appear on his doorstep and jump into bed with him.

Yet here she was. How on earth had she found him?

Part of him rejoiced at this apparition, while another part of him—the sane, rational part—warned him that she was an excellent, highly intelligent woman who had no idea what was going on in his mind. Under no circumstances should he let her enter his shop. Not just because he wasn’t keen to share what he was working on. More because, after all the erotic fantasies he’d had about her, he couldn’t be certain he could keep his hands off of her.

Especially the way she looked at the moment—so damned attractive in a wispy white summer dress that hugged her curves and contrasted perfectly with her fair complexion and shiny reddish-brown hair. It suddenly occurred to him that he was wearing his oldest clothes and the world’s filthiest apron.

Embarrassed, he shut the door behind him, running his fingers through his unruly hair to tame it. “Miss Atherton. What brings you out this way?”

“I was taking a walk. I’ve never explored this area.” She gave him an innocent smile.

Innocent? He wasn’t so sure. For ten years, he had managed to keep his workshop’s location a secret. She had been in Cornwall for what, a little more than a month? And she’d managed to find it. He wouldn’t put it past her to have come out deliberately looking for the place. He didn’t know whether to damn her tenacity or admire her for it.

“Hooo. It’s so hot.” She removed her hat and fanned herself with it. “Are we still on the Trevelyan estate?”

His glance fell on the moisture that had collected on her brow. Moisture she wiped away with the back of her hand. He wished he could be that hand. Idiot, answer her question. “No. Just beyond it.”

She glanced at the dirty dishes on the tray at his feet. Then in the direction of the farmhouse. Then back at him. Her silent look inferred that she knew what those dishes signified. “So, this is the place, huh?” she said. “This is

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