The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas

Author:Sherry Thomas [Thomas, Sherry]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Historical romance, Victorian
ISBN: 9781101631119
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-11-04T22:00:00+00:00

Felix stared at the billiard table.

In his mind his wife was stretched out on the green baize, naked. Take me, she would murmur. I have been waiting all day.

He struck the cue ball with great violence, scattering the fifteen red balls on the table.

His tenants had been surprised to see him, a man only one day wed, away from his house and his new wife to see to their roofs. They congratulated him and tried to hide their puzzlement. He explained without being asked, in his best happy-rueful air, that the new missus had taken it into her head to get to the running of the household as soon as possible, without him around to provide distractions.

A lift of the brow that suggested he’d give plenty of distractions later satisfied those simple, deferential folks. They wanted him to be well shagged and happy. But he could not be both, at least not with her, now that he realized the sway he’d allowed her to hold over him.

“You can teach me how to play. Then you won’t need to play alone.”

He looked up sharply. The billiard room was a masculine refuge—that he was inside signaled he didn’t wish to be disturbed by any woman.

She stood by the door in a very pretty pastel blue dress, the expression in her very pretty eyes essentially stating that she would be more than happy to lie down on the table, naked.

“I saw the belvedere from the conservatory, by the way. The dress dummies were a stroke of genius.”

He should have known something was wrong with him when he had driven the dress dummies out to the foot of the hill and then carried them the rest of the way by himself. His excuse had been that he hadn’t wanted to make such strange requests of his servants, but in truth he had enjoyed every step of his silly little gesture.

So much that he didn’t even mind the repeated trips between the house and the belvedere, so that the dummies would appear at just the correct angle when she put her eye to the telescope.

“What do you say we pay them a visit tomorrow?” she went on, her voice husky.

He could see her standing on the belvedere, her elbows braced against the top of the half wall, looking over her shoulder at him. She would look perfectly respectable from the waist up, her blouse buttoned to the chin, her jacket similarly closed, her hair neat, her hat prim. But the lower half of her would be entirely naked, except for her walking boots and stockings, perhaps. And she would lean forward just a little, angling her round, pert bottom at him.

He was already hard.

“That would have to depend on the weather, don’t you think? It might rain again,” he said.

“Being coy, I see.” She tilted her head. “Are you trying to draw out my anticipation for as long as you can?”

“What do you think?” he asked, his tone carefully noncommittal.

“And are you going to make me wait just as long tonight?”

“Longer.

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