The Duke's Deception_Clean Regency Romance by Catherine Windsor

Author:Catherine Windsor [Windsor, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Live Life Fully Media
Published: 2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The words were a kick in the stomach to Sarah, knocking the breath out of her.

“No . . . it cannot be,” she said. “Why . . . why would he . . . .” She gathered her cap and riding crop and jumped up from her seat. “Forgive me, Mr. Bennet, I must be on my way home. There is some mistake.”

“Lady Sarah, I am sorry, I did not mean to distress you,” he said, rising with her.

Sarah was already mounting her horse as Mr. Bennet was uttering his last words. She nudged Spirit with her knees and urged him in the direction of home and he was only too happy to increase his speed from a cantor to a gallop as Sarah gave him his head, while she let the wind whip her face as tears ran down her cheeks in despair.

When she arrived at the stable and after she had allowed Spirit to cool down at a slow pace following the journey home, she dismounted quickly and asked the groom who was brushing Excalibur, Lord Noah’s horse, to take Spirit and tend to him. Normally she would never leave this task to someone else, usually enjoying the ritual of removing Spirit’s saddle, unbridling him, fetching a bucket of water for him to drink while brushing him.

Since Excalibur was just being put away in his stall, she knew Noah must have recently returned from a day of shooting. She needed to get back to the estate and sneak into the kitchen entrance, up to her room, and change clothes before she was caught in her riding breeches. She would compose herself and demand a meeting with Noah, confronting him about what she had discovered.

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