The Lady Is Daring by Megan Frampton

Author:Megan Frampton
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

“You look well-rested this morning,” Bennett said as she came to the table.

She blushed and nodded. “Yes, I slept quite well, thank you.”

She was wearing one of her new gowns, in dark green with very little ornamentation. Serviceable. The severity of the gown’s cut only highlighted just how beautiful she was, her dark hair pulled back from her pale, delicate face, her dark eyes holding a warm glint of laughter as she sat down.

Oh, he was besotted, wasn’t he? Damn it.

“The maid came to help me get dressed this morning,” she said. “And I asked her if she knew where Haltwhistle was. She said she thought it was only a few days from here. But that we’re headed in the right direction. When I first looked at the atlas in Mr. Beechcroft’s library, I thought it would be at least a week. It will be less than that, at least. You must be wanting to return home to London.”

Not at all.

“I suppose,” Bennett said, gesturing to one of the passing barmaids.

“Yes, sir?” she asked.

“Tea and whatever you have for breakfast, please,” he replied.

“No ale?” Ida asked in a wistful tone.

He chuckled. “When you return to your parents’ house, you’ll have to ask them to serve up ale at their dinner parties.”

“I highly doubt I will be in the position of making any demands when I return home,” Ida replied, a rueful look on her face. “I wonder if I will be allowed to stay in the house, actually. I was hoping for some brilliant solution to spring into my brain, but so far my ideas for the future include moving into Mr. Beechcroft’s library, Della and I opening some sort of home for scandalous women, or me getting banished to the country.”

“The offer stands, you know.”

She glanced away, biting her lip.

“I know you don’t want to, but you could marry me if that is your only choice. I won’t have you suffer because of this adventure. I promise I would leave you to live your own life.”

Even though it would be the most difficult thing he had ever done.

“You’re doing the right thing, you know,” he continued. “Going to find Della, even if you don’t know that she wants to be rescued.”

“A damsel in distress who might not be in distress after all?” She uttered a derisive noise. “I won’t be the cause of you not having a choice in your life. It would be hypocritical of me to even consider it, given how much I chafe against it in my own life.”

What if I want to choose you?

But he couldn’t say that to her. Not now, not without losing that trust he’d gained. And more than that, they had become friends. Friends who kissed at times, but friends nonetheless.

He wouldn’t risk losing that friendship.

Even though he felt as though he were in danger of losing his heart.

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