The Scandalous Secret of Abigail MacGregor by Quinn Paula

Author:Quinn, Paula [Quinn, Paula]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction / Romance / Historical / Scottish, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Medieval, Fiction / Sagas
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2015-03-31T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Daniel ignored his painful erection as he rose up in bed. He hadn’t been this hard in… hell, he couldn’t recall.

He looked down at himself and then at the empty space beside him. Where was Abby? It wasn’t yet dawn. Why was she not in bed? He called out her name and then left the bed when no answer came. Was she roaming the keep alone? Damn it, he had no clothes!

While he yanked a blanket from the bed and wrapped it around his waist the memory of her thick hair spilling onto his chest like endless sighs invaded him. He thought he couldn’t find her any more beautiful than he found her every damn day, but at the end of each night she proved him painfully wrong. What they’d shared wasn’t an error in judgment, at this point, at least. He didn’t regret it. But if he had to do it over again, he would have left her alone. How would he forget the way she looked poised above him, her face contorted in ecstasy, convincing him once and for all that no woman on all the earth, in all its civilizations, was more enchanting than she?

He wished the start of the new day would clear his thoughts. For they remained filled with only her. How would he keep what he felt for her masked until he made certain she was safe from Charlotte? He was certain a mere look her way would convince everyone at the palace that his heart was lost to her. What if Charlotte found out that Abby was a MacGregor? A Jacobite? How much trouble would she make for Anne by going after Rob MacGregor’s daughter?

Abby would be in danger because of him. But he could keep her safe. Nothing could stop him. Nothing but Abby. She had to do what he said at the palace, behave the way he told her to behave.

The door to the chamber opened and Abby entered carrying a bundle he recognized as his clothes.

She needed to begin practicing now.

“Abigail,” he said, sounding hard to his own ears, “from now on you won’t take off and roam about on your own. Do you understand?”

She handed him his clothes and stepped back, folding her arms across her chest. “Is that a command, General?”

He knew she wouldn’t like it. But if he was going to keep her—

“D’ye think I’m one of yer men?”

He smiled because he knew she was being coy. “After the night we shared, you answer that.”

He noted the sparking flames in her eyes just an instant before she swung at him. He caught her wrist before her palm reached his face.

“You’ll start obeying me. It’s for your own safety,” he warned.

She cocked a corner of her mouth at him. There was no humor or affection in her tight smirk. “Fer my safety. Of course.” She tried to free herself from his grip. “Are ye going to keep me captive then?”

“Not if you agree to stop being a fool and finally begin using your head.

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