The Duke's Magnificent Bastard: Regency Romance (The Dukes of Desire Book 4) by Sandra Masters

Author:Sandra Masters [Masters, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Sertsam Publishing
Published: 2021-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

Thorn cradled Alicia, lifted her, and placed her on the other settee. Once she was supported by cushions, he rubbed her hands gently between his - they were limp and cold to the touch. The physician hurried to her side.

“Without intent, you’ve shocked her, Mr Wick. She’s young and will come around.”

He waved smelling salts under her nose. In a few moments, she pushed them away vehemently. Thorn rubbed her hand again and its warmth returned. He edged onto the settee, until he sat against her supine body.

“I wanted to surprise you, but not to have you swoon at the sight of me.”

“I’ll make you pay for frightening me half to death, two times - once upon your demise and another at your return. I’m happy to see that you have more than one life.”

“That will teach you not to believe me when I indicated I’d return safe and sound.”

She placed her other hand over his and held it much too tightly, which seemed to be the standard reaction from his loved ones.

He whispered in her ear.

“When we go riding at the estate, I hope that you will remove the mourning garments in favour of something more festive. While I do like black, the high-throated neckline leaves much to be desired. Now if it had more of a décolletage, I could become interested.”

“Oaf.”

He smiled at the sight of her, and her indomitable spirit.

“That’s, my girl.”

His tease held a special grin.

“I have classes the day after tomorrow.”

“Is the carriage to return you to the country?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll speak to Father, and we all can leave at the same time. I want to be near him, to make sure that he doesn’t have any complications. He stares at me all the time today, to assure himself that I’m real. After our arrival, we can ride to your school together. Cassandra has informed me of all your endeavours. It’s admirable, Alicia. I’m so proud of you.” He caressed her cheek with his knuckle. “You can introduce me to your students. I’m sure I can find a story which will amuse them. We can show them the Argamak Turkoman horses and tell them about their fine qualities. They will enjoy stroking the glistening sheen of their coats.” With everyone watching, he didn’t convey the notion that he’d like to stroke her glistening body in the throes of lovemaking — silken, damp and inviting. “Besides, I don’t feel that it’s likely many of them will have seen blue-eyed horses. There is a small pasture near the school where we can leave the horses at the time. Later, we might have crumpets at the village teahouse, where we can relax at leisure, in private.”

Gordon spoke to his brother.

“Will you have time for me, or are you going to mush over her?”

Thorn grinned in earnest.

“Well, let’s see. It depends. If you were pretty, I’d mush over you, too. Since you are just handsome, I’ll speak with you later about your lessons. Will the day after tomorrow afternoon around

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