Taming The Viscountess by Ruth Ann Nordin

Author:Ruth Ann Nordin [Nordin, Ruth Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: comedy, humor, sex, regency, Regency Romance, bride, forced marriage, virgin hero, battle of wills, injured hero
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Celia’s foot tapped the rug beneath her feet as she sat in the drawing room of her brother’s townhouse. Now that she had Loretta’s consent to invite Damara to her group, she didn’t dare hesitate to do so. Lady Eloise had a way of charming people if she wanted to, and there was no doubt she wanted Damara in her group more than any other lady in London. If Celia could talk Damara into joining her group instead, then she’d start with a huge advantage over Lady Eloise.

From the hallway, she became aware that her brother and Damara were talking to each other.

“She’s going to try to talk you into letting her come back here to live,” Anthony said, his voice not nearly as low as he assumed since Celia heard him despite his hushed tones.

Damara, on the other hand, did watch how loud she was since Celia couldn’t make out her response.

“I read the missive she sent me on her wedding day,” Anthony countered, “and all she did was try to make me feel guilty. She does nothing but manipulate people.”

Celia frowned. Was that what he thought of her? That she went around manipulating others to do her bidding? If she’d been able to do that, her scandal would have been successful. Or, better yet, she would have been able to convince Corin to propose marriage to her. Not that she would do so now since she preferred Sebastian, but back then, she certainly would have.

“I can hear you, Anthony,” Celia decided to call out before he made a bigger fool of himself. “You never did learn how to adequately whisper when someone was in another room.”

She got to her feet as Damara entered the room, Anthony at her heels.

“You’re not coming back here,” Anthony told Celia as he hurried over to her. “Your home is with your husband.”

“I’m not here to talk to you,” Celia replied, crossing her arms. “I came to talk to my sister-in-law.”

“She’s not letting you come back here, either,” he said.

“If you can’t get him to stop, then I insist we talk somewhere else,” Celia told Damara.

Damara put her hand on Anthony’s arm. “She’s not going to ask to come back here to live.”

“What makes you think that?” Anthony asked, turning to her.

“There are no trunks,” Damara replied, gesturing to the area around them.

“I wouldn’t live under the same roof with you if you had the only townhouse in London,” Celia told her brother. “Your betrayal is more than I can bear.”

“My betrayal?” he pointed to himself. “My betrayal? What you did to Corin was a betrayal. What you did to Damara by pretending to be her friend so you could pry into her past was a betrayal.”

Celia gasped. “I have apologized to Damara for all of that, and I have been sincere in my friendship to her ever since. You can’t hold that slight indiscretion against me.”

“Anthony,” Damara interrupted when he opened his mouth to protest, “let me talk to her. She doesn’t want to live here.

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