The Bedding Proposal by Tracy Anne Warren

Author:Tracy Anne Warren [Warren, Tracy Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Historial
ISBN: 9780451469229
Amazon: B00MNNAPJS
Barnesnoble: B00MNNAPJS
Goodreads: 22859791
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2015-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

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She and Leo were playing dominoes an hour later—Hera curled up in her favorite chair by the unlit fire—when Thalia remembered her promise to Mathilda.

“Leo?”

“Yes?” He laid a tile on the board.

It was a double six; she didn’t have a six.

“I was just wondering,” she said, “if you might by any chance be acquainted with Lord Cathcart?”

She reached into the boneyard—the mass of facedown dominoes laid off to one side—and picked one up.

A four. She couldn’t play that either.

“Pass,” she said.

“Lord Cathcart? You mean Lady Cathcart’s husband, your friend who I met earlier today?”

“Exactly.”

She waited for him to play.

Of course, he had a six and a three, the wretch.

“No,” he said. “I’ve seen him at Brooks’s on occasion, but we do not know one another. Why?”

She frowned and drew another tile. “No reason. It’s not important.”

His eyes met hers over the board. “I thought we’d agreed not to lie to each other. So, once again, why do you want to know about Lord Cathcart?”

She played the tile she’d just drawn—a three. “Before I do, I want your assurance that you will keep this in strictest confidence.”

“Do I seem like the sort who’s given to telling tales?”

“No, of course you are not. Still, I should like your promise anyway.”

He gave her a long look, half-amused, half-exasperated. “Fine. You have my word as a gentleman. Now what is all this about?”

“Tilly thinks Henry—Lord Cathcart, that is—may be having an affair. But he and Tilly have always had a very strong, loving marriage and an affair just doesn’t seem like him.”

“Sometimes appearances can be deceiving.” He drew a tile out of the boneyard.

“They can, yes.” She knew all about false appearances, maybe better than anyone. “But from what Tilly told me, I think it’s something else rather than someone else.”

“And you were hoping I could help find out?” He played the three he’d just drawn.

She scowled. “Yes, but since you do not know him—”

“I know people. I can make a few discreet inquiries, if you’d like. Assuming you don’t feel it will violate my promise.”

She paused for a moment, thinking of Tilly’s plea. “No, I’m sure I can trust you. Thank you.”

His eyes turned serious. “No thanks are necessary. And you can trust me, Thalia. With anything. I hope you will remember that.”

“I will,” she said perfunctorily. Looking away, she studied the board.

Trust wasn’t something she did well anymore. She’d faced too much heartache, known too many betrayals to have much faith in the supposed goodness of humankind.

Yet to her great surprise, she realized she was coming to trust Leo. She had no particular reason to do so. He wanted her, and had made it quite clear he’d do almost anything to have her. Not much reason to trust.

But just as she’d believed him when he promised he wouldn’t lie to her, she found herself believing him in this as well.

Still, it was a great leap. Just as everything else seemed to be when it came to him.

Deciding to put it all out of her mind for the moment, she reached for a fresh tile.

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