The Improper Wife by Diane Perkins

Author:Diane Perkins [PERKINS, DIANE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC027050
ISBN: 0446614378
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2008-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

The riders were long gone when Maggie met Lord Summerton in the breakfast room. She could not help wondering about them. Would they ride far? Would they ride near the stream or toward the village? Would Gray stick to the paths and road or take them over the hills?

She would be restless until they returned. She told herself the restlessness was due to worry about Sean.

After breakfast, she cajoled Lord Summerton into taking a turn around the garden with her, getting him in the sunshine and fresh air and away from his study.

The earl could spend whole days in his study, looking at the papers she and Murray had pulled out for him. Papers that appeared important, but would cause no problem if lost or misplaced. They used to leave books on his desk, on agriculture or horse breeding, but lately Lord Summerton’s powers of concentration could barely sustain perusal of the latest newspaper from London. Since Gray had been out of the earl’s sight for three days, Maggie was not certain if he remembered his son’s presence. He certainly did not know of Gray’s intention to remain at Summerton. It would be best for Gray not to mention this decision, but rather simply be present until the earl became accustomed to him, if he ever would.

Her heart skipped a beat at the thought of Gray. What did it mean for him to stay at Summerton? She’d spent the last three days in an agony of uncertainty. If he stayed at Summerton, would it mean she and Sean must leave? How could he bear to look at her each day, knowing what she had done to him? Of course he would wish her to leave.

She thought of the glimpse she’d had of him. Magnificently broad-shouldered, narrow-hipped, and as muscular as the Roman statues. The sight of him had reawakened desires she could not even damp down while they’d been circling each other like angry cats. She remembered the feel of his skin beneath her fingers, the exhilaration of his kiss.

Heat rushed through her, reaching that secret part of her as if he were touching her now, as if he were kissing her as he had in the parlor just three days ago. This excitement inside was meant for marriage. If they had been truly married she could feel the thrill of mating with him, could feel him fill the emptiness inside her, driving her to the very pinnacle of delight.

Maggie fanned herself with her hand, though the day was fairly cool for midsummer. The earl plodded along next to her, apparently not noticing anything amiss.

She could not allow herself to be unsettled by such carnal thoughts, even if Gray had looked so unkempt, unshaved, and disheveled, like her first sight of him in the doorway of his rooms in London.

She must not think of that day any more than she should think of him unclothed. Thinking of that day brought back the despair and desolation of being friendless, penniless, and homeless.

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