Taming My Christmas Rogue by Tammy Andresen

Author:Tammy Andresen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

DANIELLE SLIPPED out the door next to the kitchen, wearing a sturdy riding habit and her travelling cloak. The horses and carriage waited by the entrance to the carriage house rather than the front door, as per her instructions.

She’d explain to Sophie later why she had to leave. For today, she just needed to escape before she saw Drew again and lost all her resolve. The gravel crunched beneath her boots as the footmen snapped open the door for her to enter. One foot on the step, she turned back to look at the house. She’d likely never come here again. A movement in the upper window drew her eye and glancing up she saw Lord Marks watching her. She didn’t wave. When one snuck out in the early morning hours, goodbyes were not the point.

Stepping in, the door snapped closed behind her. Danielle settled onto the seat as the carriage reigns snapped, then began its descent down the drive. By lunch she’d be home. Back to her quiet house and her simple life. No suitors, no dinners, no rogues heating her blood. No love filling her heart. She swallowed a lump. The overwhelming fear that she’d just made a terrible mistake filled her chest.

She should turn around. Go back. Beg Drew to give a real relationship a chance. He’d contemplated marriage. But what if he wasn’t capable of fidelity? What if he just changed his mind and returned to his old ways?

She’d spent too much of her life living on the edge of disaster on the good grace of some relative. She refused to do that anymore.

The carriage rolled through the gates, then stopped. She crinkled her brow. Why had they stopped? Did the driver have to get down and close the gates himself? Was there no one to close them?

She parted the curtains, trying to see what was happening but all she could make out were dark grey clouds, growing more ominous by the second. Muffled voices spoke in clipped tones and then she heard a man begin to run. A hard rap on the door nearly made her cry out. Drew? Had he come after her?

“Miss Frazier,” a male voice called out. “I need to speak with you.”

She paused, her lips pressed together as she tried to place the voice. “Lord Marks?”

The door swung open and Marks stood before her looking half crazed. His hair had been whipped by the wind, his face pale and his eyes large and a bit wild. “You’ll have to return to the house. There’s been a fire and the driver and footmen are needed to help put it out.”

That explained why he seemed so out of sorts. She gave a quick nod. “Of course,” she said as she took the hand he held out. “Is everyone all right?”

“Fine.” He tugged her out, the force of his pull making her breath catch. He paid no mind as he looked at the driver. “I’ll escort her to the house. You should hurry back to help.

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