The Noble Spy by Lucy Adams

Author:Lucy Adams [Adams, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“A drink, my Lord?”

Edward hesitated, looking at the glass of champagne that the footman held out to him. After his exchange with Miss Wells, he felt as though he could do with a stiff drink, but another part of him held back, warning him that he would need to keep a clear head for the rest of the evening. After all, despite what Miss Wells thought, he would have to remain close to her for the remainder of the ball, simply to ensure her safety. She thought that he would take his leave of the ball and then call upon her tomorrow, as he had stated, but he could not allow himself to leave her side for fear that she might be set upon by someone unknown to either herself or to him.

“I think not,” he muttered, turning away from the footman and wishing that he could allow himself such a small indulgence, but experience had taught him that it was best to remain entirely without any liquor in his veins if he wished to have himself entirely without hinderance.

Turning back, Edward tried to find Miss Wells in the crowd, aware that she had been dancing with Lord Huckleby, but the dance had come to an end. Where was she now? His gaze traveled across the room, his heart quickening with a little anxiety as he struggled to find her.

A long breath of relief escaped him as he saw Miss Wells talking with another gentleman, and with another gentleman approaching her. She laughed and said something to the second gentleman, which made Edward’s heart twinge with jealousy. He did not mean to feel such a way for Miss Wells, but spending even a little more time in her company had only drawn him to her a more. More than anything, Edward wanted to keep Miss Wells at a distance, to ensure that she was nothing more than someone he needed to protect for the time being before setting her aside once Ravel had been found and captured, but he was beginning to fear that he would not be able to do such a thing, given just how much he was bewitched by her. A single look into her eyes and he lost all reason, forgot about what it was he was meant to say or what he was supposed to be doing. Having never experienced such emotions before, Edward was quite at a loss as to what to do with them. Was he meant to simply push them aside and attempt to forget how she made him feel? Ignore the emotions that blossomed in his heart whenever she smiled at him? Push down the spark of jealousy that rose in his heart when he saw her laughing and smiling with another gentleman, as though he desperately wished that all her attentions were solely settled upon him?

Sighing heavily to himself, Edward thrust one hand into his hair, closing his eyes tightly and groaning inwardly. His heart was making things a good deal more complicated, and he was not at all certain that he liked it.

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