The Earl’s Wicked Seduction by Ella Edon

Author:Ella Edon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-09-11T18:30:00+00:00

"I thank you for the invitation to dinner, Simon . . . but where is your wife this evening?"

"She’s gone to into town to stay overnight at the Robbins Inn. The ladies there are meeting to discuss their plans for the next assembly ball, and so of course, Beatrice wanted to be there."

Thomas merely nodded as he stood on the portico of the house at Feathering Park.

"And, of course, they will be playing cards afterwards. This way, she can stay as late as she likes and I will send the gig for her tomorrow."

"Very wise."

"Follow me, then, and we'll have our supper."

The house was not quite as large or splendid as Worthington, but Thomas cared nothing about that. He always enjoyed spending time with his friend and a quiet evening suited him much better than a noisy gathering.

But the two men had hardly finished the soup course when Simon got straight to the point. "I must ask you, Thomas. The clear attraction that Adam, the coachman, has for a young woman named Grace is very much talked about."

Thomas just shrugged. "Such things do happen at a ball, I have heard."

Simon frowned. "They do. But what is strange about this is that both Adam and Grace are quite new to Birdwell – Adam as a coachman and Grace as a girl who just recently moved to a cottage on the eastern road, with her family. So no one really knows much about what to expect from them."

"Well, let everyone talk. It’ll amuse them. And I myself am not even certain of where it may lead, if it leads anywhere at all."

"Oh, they’re talking. My wife and her friends seem convinced that there was quite a draw between Grace and the coachman. She danced only three times and it seemed she would have been happy to stand at the curb with him for the entire evening."

"I still don’t see why that would cause such a stir. The coachman and the tradesman's daughter would seem perfectly suited to each other."

"Except that you’re not anything close to being a coachman. And this young woman doesn’t know that."

"Of course she doesn’t. That was exactly what I hoped to do: Find a woman who doesn’t know I’m Earl Worthington and see if she might still care for me."

"You seem to have been too successful, Thomas. From what I’m hearing, there was an instant attraction and you seem to be determined to pursue it. Do you really not see how unsuitable she would be for you?"

"Simon, I went to great lengths to find a woman who didn’t know who I was. She seemed to take to me quite well as the coachman."

"But she wouldn’t be marrying a coachman. She would be marrying the Earl Worthington. And she doesn’t know that."

Thomas looked away from him, glancing around the softly lit room. "I saw no sign that she was simply looking for a wealthy man, though it was evident that the other girls were doing exactly that."

Simon sat back from his soup and shook his head.

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