The Price of Temptation by Williams Harmony

Author:Williams, Harmony
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Fiction; Historical Regency Fiction; Regency Historical Romance; Women's Historical Fiction; Historical Fiction; Historical British Fiction; The Price of Temptation by Harmony Williams; Entangled Publishing; Amara; Series Romance; Stand Alone Romance; Regency Romance; Enemies to Lovers romance; Reunited Lovers romance; Estranged Marriage; Summer; Fall; England; London; Jeweler; Thief; Con-Artist; Military Hero; Passionate Historical Romance; Playful historical romance; Adventurous Historical Romance; Egypt; Antiques
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Use every weapon in your arsenal to capture a man’s eye—a flattering dress, color in your cheeks, your figure while you walk.

As Lily left the Granby townhouse, still thinking of the advice she’d cobbled together for Miss Granby, she hummed under her breath. The cool afternoon air enlivened her. She smiled, awash with triumph.

“How did it go?”

Adam’s voice in her ear made her gasp. His hand settled on the small of her back, possessive and anchoring at once. Thoughts of flirting still circling her head, Lily slowed and emphasized the sway of her walk. His hand brushing her back was hypnotic.

She turned her face up to his, smiling. “You mean to tell me you didn’t infiltrate the household to learn of the outcome yourself?”

His gaze dropped to her mouth. He licked his bottom lip before teasing, “I was a fly on the wall. Couldn’t you tell?”

“There were a great many flies in that room, I imagine. It was a veritable jungle, with all the houseplants.”

As they paused on the street corner to let a carriage pass, Adam leaned down to whisper in her ear, “Are you going to make me guess our fate?”

“Only if you feel you’ve done enough research.”

His fingers grazed her back as he removed his hand, turning to face her fully. He pursed his lips, a mock studious expression on his face. “I am a lifelong scholar of the school of Lily Darling.”

Somehow, the way he said her married name made it sound far more intimate than when others addressed her.

When he lightly traced the corner of her mouth, her lips opened on a gasp. His eyes twinkled with dark mischief. “The evidence is here.” He caressed her cheek with the back of his fingers. “And here.” He lifted his hand to graze his fingers over her temple. “And here.”

His voice had dropped to a whisper. Lily shivered, overwhelmed by the sensation from what she hadn’t heretofore considered an erotic spot. She licked her lips as he leaned closer, his breath teasing the shell of her ear.

“I think you were brilliant.”

“I think you’re biased,” she answered, breathless.

He raised an eyebrow as he retreated to a respectable distance. “Tell me I’m wrong.”

“You aren’t. I won her over. She promised to remember us to her father.”

He winked. “That’s the woman I married.”

Lily hadn’t felt married in years. However, since their day in the study when she’d promised to count him as a partner in this matter, something between them had changed. Small glances. Hours spent lying awake, wondering if he would knock on the adjoining door. He hadn’t touched her, even teasingly, until now.

Use every weapon in your arsenal.

She took his arm and led him not in the direction of home, but toward Hyde Park. He took the change in stride, following her lead without protest. Perhaps he craved a few more moments alone with her before they had to contend with the chaperones her sisters had become. The moment the hedgerows loomed around him, she backed him into the shadow.

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