Taming a Rogue Earl by Tammy Andresen

Author:Tammy Andresen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2017-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

LOUDOUN WATCHED her walk away and swore softly under his breath. Willy Wurts was making his way through the crowd toward the patio. Loudoun could see he was following May. His hands had trembled all night, though he had hidden it well. Seeing them together made them start again. Only belatedly did her realize they had ceased shaking while he held May close.

Following them both, he wound through the crowd. He knew it was awful of him to tell May he couldn’t have her but he didn’t want Wurts to either, but it was for her own good. He now knew two generations of Wurts men and didn’t like either of them. May would not give them the third. His breath rumbled in his chest at the thought of Willy touching her. The trembling increased.

She’d planned to meet Wurts out on the patio. Jealousy made his vision blur. He didn’t want that man touching her, not even for a second.

He caught sight of her just ahead and picked up speed, nearly knocking two matronly ladies over.

She disappeared onto the patio and he made it out the doors just in time to see her start down a path.

Slowing, he continued to follow her but now he wanted to know if his suspicions were true. Did they plan this tete-a-tete. Would Wurts become May’s lover? Anger bubbled deep in his gut. If she were going to marry someone else, she had to return to England. He and Barrett were in agreement on that. He couldn’t watch her be someone else’s wife and survive.

She stopped and he stopped too. Willy Wurts was nowhere in sight and she sat on a bench and dropped her head into her hands. And then he heard it. Her first sniffle. Bloody hell, was she crying?

He approached her then, her sadness pulling at his heart but his suspicions still pawing at his stomach. Sliding next to her, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. “Wurts isn’t going to like it when he finds us here.”

“What?” She lifted her head then, cheeks glistening with tears. Liquid brown eyes meeting his. “Why would he find us out here?”

Loudoun started in surprise. “He followed you out. Don’t tell me you didn’t plan it?”

Before he’d even seen it coming, a hand met with his cheek… hard. His face stinging, he rubbed the tender flesh.

“Do you think I let every man take the liberties I’ve allowed you? I’ve never allowed anyone to touch me like that. I have feelings for you–“ She stopped, her hand covering her mouth.

And suddenly he understood. He’d insulted her because he’d assumed she had the same intentions with Wurts she’d had with him. When, in fact, she didn’t… at all. He should have known that, but his own insecurities were clouding his vision. Though he hadn’t admitted it out loud, he cared for her too. What was more, now that she was here, her soft skin next to his own, his shake was gone. She soothed him in ways he hadn’t realized.

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