Sweet Temptation by Greenwood Leigh

Author:Greenwood, Leigh [Greenwood, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Ten Talents Press
Published: 2011-12-08T05:00:00+00:00

“To be sure it’s nicer traveling in a coach and staying in a fancy inn, instead of one of those dratted cottages with the master and his missus scowling fit to put you off your dinner, but I was sorry to see the last of that Mr. Fraser. He is such a nice gentleman.”

“Everyone treated us kindly,” Sara answered her maid, “but we couldn’t stay with them forever. It’s time Lord Carlisle took us home to Estameer. That’s what we came to Scotland for.”

“Humph! I say handsome is as handsome does, and your lord doesn’t look so good next to Mr. Fraser.”

“Then it’s a good thing I’m married to him and not you,” Sara said, firmly dismissing her maid. “And I’d appreciate it, if you would try to make it less apparent to Lord Carlisle that you think I married the wrong man.”

“You want me to hide my real feelings?” Betty asked in surprise.

“Yes, for my benefit, if not for his. He’s not as bad as you think.”

“Humph! If he’s only half as bad as I think, he’s still not worthy of you. Now if he were just more like Mr. Fraser—”

“Not everybody can be what you want them to be.”

“Including myself,” replied Betty, indicating her tall body. “It’s hard to be thought of kindly by a man, when there’s enough of you for two.”

“As you said, handsome is as handsome does, and I wouldn’t trade you for any little French maid in the whole kingdom. I don’t know how I could have gotten through these last weeks without you.”

“Or I without you, once we got started,” Betty replied. She sniffed determinedly to ward off the threat of tears. “Do you remember that big Scot who captured you? The look on his face when he discovered you weren’t a boy!” Betty started to laugh at the memory.

“I imagine he was considerably more astonished when you sat on top of him in the middle of the lane.”

“How about that first night, when you found out you had to share a bed with that squire …”

“And spent half the night lying awake because he snored like thunder!”

They laughed heartily for a minute, then Betty wiped her eyes and said, “Well, you’ll be sharing your bed with another man tonight. Let’s hope he doesn’t snore.”

Sara sobered quickly. “If that were the worse thing that could happen, I wouldn’t mind it too much.”

“Are you sure you’ll be all right, milady? If you want, I could—”

“I’ll be fine. I admit I’m a little nervous, but it has more to do with being newly married and not yet sure what my husband wants. I used to think I knew all about Gavin, but those were just a young girl’s daydreams. I woke up to find myself in a woman’s world, and it was a bit of a shock. That’s all.”

“That’s as may be, but if you want me, you only have to call. I’ll be sleeping in the next room.”

Sara allowed Betty to fuss over her some more while she put her to bed, but she steadfastly declined her maid’s offers of protection.

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