The Dangerous Mister Donovan by Kasey Michaels
Author:Kasey Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: regency romance, clean romance, sweet romance, historical regency romance, sweet regency, clean regency, sweet and clean romance, funny regency romance, regency farce, regency comedy
Publisher: Kasey Michaels
Paddy Dooley collapsed his rounded body into what was fast becoming his favorite chair and shook his head in disgust. He looked at his friend, who had been stretched out full length on the couch, in Dooleyâs mind, long enough to have begun putting down roots.
âIs it fixing to crawl into that bottle youâd be, Tommie, my boy? Iâm not nosy, you know. Iâm only wondering if I should be fetching the chamber pot in from the other room for when you drink enough to start casting up your accounts all over the carpet. Youâve been pouring that stuff down your gullet since you got home last night. I like that little girl who comes in to tidy up after us, and I wouldnât want to upset her.â
Thomas, who had been balancing a bottle on his chest, opened one eye to glare balefully at the Irishman. âYou donât understand. Iâve met my match, Paddy,â he said, not without sorrow. âAll these years of playing about, setting my wits against men twice my age and winning time and time againâand a dab of a female brings me low. Itâs embarrassing.â
Paddy nodded his agreement, âHow the mighty have fallen,â he said, then grinned. âAnd what a thrill it is to watch as you go tumbling down into love.â
âLove?â Thomas jackknifed to a sitting position, holding on to his bottle so not a drop of the liquid spilled. âLove is one thing, Paddy. Iâve fallen in love twice in the same week.â
âBut this time itâs different, isnât it, boyo? Ah, but itâs my Bridget whoâd be delighted to see you now. Sheâs been wishing this comedown on you for years.â
âDonât gloat, Paddy, it doesnât become you. Yet I suppose it had to happen. All right, Iâm truly in love. All men fall sooner or laterâalthough in my case I thought it would be later. Much later. I never even bought her that bauble I was planning to use to dazzle her soft heart.â
He ran a hand through his hair, which, Dooley observed silently, already looked as if it had been combed with a rake. âAnd to fall so hard, Paddy? So quickly? I hadnât counted on that. But to have her running rings around me with her keen eyes and quick mind? To love a woman who is capable of setting up rigs like a prime flimflam man, and who dares to tease me with hints that she knows Iâm up to no good? That little girl could teach the devil himself a trick or three! Ah, Paddy, itâs a terrible blow to my consequence, I tell you.â
He fell back against the cushions once more. âI donât know if Iâll survive the shock of the thing.â
âGlory be to Godâwhat a miserable caterwauling.â Dooley pushed himself up from the chair and crossed the room, to take the bottle out of Thomasâs hand. âItâs eight of the clock in the morning. Mark the time, boyo, for youâre back on the water wagon as of now. And, speaking of water, Iâve ordered up a tub.
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