The Amorous Heiress by Carrie Alexander

Author:Carrie Alexander [Carrie Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781459274365
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

7

Baby Steps

ANDREWS CUT IN.

Gussy closed her eyes. Tight. She did not want to give this up.

She opened them when Jed whispered in her ear. “Meet me under the flagpole,” he said, easily relinquishing her. He tipped a salute to Andrews, glanced significantly at Gussy and faded away into the crowd.

Andrews’s mouth made a narrow, straight line, but then, it always did. “How did he get invited?”

Gussy blinked at the starry lights. “What?”

“Isn’t he just the gardener?”

“Does that matter?” She stiffened as Andrews put his arms around her and began to dance. Suddenly the band seemed all out of tune.

“I suppose he thinks he’s a celebrity because he was once a professional athlete.”

“You’re jealous?” Over me?

“Well, Gussy, you’re my—my…You’re my girl.” Andrews’s face paled, then flushed, then clenched as he clamped down on his emotions. “You’ve always been my girl. I thought that was understood,” he said starchily.

She was stricken. Apart from their interlude on the deck of his boat—nine years ago—she’d considered Andrews to be more of a friend than a boyfriend. They were companions, the comfortable, known-each-other-forever sort. It was only of late, at Grandmother Throckmorton’s prompting, that Andrews had begun to pursue her more romantically.

“Both our families are expecting it,” Andrews continued. “It’s obvious we’d make a good match.” He must have finally noticed the doubt in her face, because he paused uncertainly. “Don’t you think so?”

“Andrews, I…” Gussy stepped out of his arms. She didn’t want to hurt him, but she saw with a sudden clarity that she should never marry him, not even at the insistence of her family. “No, I do not think so,” she whispered, and ran from the pavilion as if all the Lowells and all the Throckmortons were chasing her.

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