Tempting a Proper Lady by Debra Mullins

Author:Debra Mullins
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-12-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

The note came late Wednesday, delivered by a young lad at the kitchen door.

Friday at noon. I’ll send the carriage.

Cilla’s heartbeat sped up as she read the note a third time. It was set then. Samuel was sending the coach for her Friday so he could teach her the ways of the opposite sex.

A scullery maid came into the kitchen, and Cilla quickly folded the note and slipped it into her pocket, then hurried up the back stairs to the first floor, where Annabelle awaited her in the music room. The knowledge that she would soon have a secret lover bubbled inside her like a stew simmering on the stove. Dear Lord, Friday was two days away. Samuel had certainly moved quickly in finding a place for their liaison. He was a man who knew what he wanted and acted appropriately to obtain it.

And apparently she was what he wanted. She had noticed the hardness of him when she’d stumbled against him in the carriage. He was primed to bed her, that much was certain, and part of her thrilled to the idea that she could affect a man so. Edward had always seemed to covet her grandmother’s jewels more than her body. What would it be like to be intimate with a man who wanted only what her flesh could offer him?

Warmth flooded through her as she imagined Samuel kissing her again. Touching her as he had at the inn. Making her feel that incredible pleasure that had exploded through her like fireworks. Was it the same for him? She knew he would put his rod inside her. Men seemed to like it, though it was not all that enjoyable for the woman. But if Samuel brought her pleasure first, she would willingly let him thrust himself inside her, no matter the discomfort.

She paused before exiting the stairwell, hand pressed to her pounding heart as she struggled to regain her composure. She did not want to appear in any way agitated for fear Annabelle would ask her what was wrong. Once she had calmed herself, she exited the servants’ stairs and made her way to the music room.

The sound of quiet sobbing shook her out of her daydream. Alarm streaked through her, and she opened the door to the music room to see Annabelle seated at the pianoforte, head on her folded arms atop the instrument as she wept.

“Annabelle, what has happened?” She hurried to the girl’s side, sliding onto the bench beside her and slipping an arm around her shoulders. “Tell me, please, what has upset you so?”

Annabelle looked up, her blue eyes brilliant with tears in her blotchy face. “I’ve ruined everything, Mrs. Burke! Everything!”

“Now, now.” Cilla took out her handkerchief and pressed it into Annabelle’s hand. “Tell me what happened, and we shall set it aright.”

“I don’t know if it can be set right!” Annabelle swiped at her damp eyes.

“I will do my best to help you, no matter what it is.” She rubbed the girl’s shoulder, hoping to soothe her.

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