The Scot Who Loved Her by Eliza Knight

Author:Eliza Knight
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eliza Knight

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Malcolm wasn’t normally one to sneak into his own house. However, he’d been making a habit of it lately.

This time, he slipped unnoticed because he wanted to avoid the women at tea. He’d spied Olivia sitting with the other ladies in the drawing room through the window. Though dangerously beautiful as she always was, she looked more distracted than anything else. Dare he think it was because she was waiting for him to walk through the door?

Since he was sweaty from his morning practicing in the boxing ring with his friends and then taking a covert jog around the docks to observe the shipping companies’ ships and check in with Jeremiah, he was not fit to be presented before a dog, let alone a gaggle of females. He smelled horrific and was certain to mortify his sister if he walked into the drawing room in such a state.

Not to mention that Olivia’s mother was there. While he found Lady Helvellyn as distasteful as she did him, he didn’t want to put her completely out. Else she would not let him continue to speak to her daughter, which he very much needed to for the duration of his mission. The puzzle pieces were not falling as neatly into place as he’d like. And he’d spent more time boxing in the last twenty-four hours than he had in a month.

Short of breaking into Olivia’s house and rifling through her father’s office, he wasn’t making much progress. He’d discovered that her father’s name was Archibald Aston—A.A. But the man who’d leapt over the fence and fought with him was too spry to have been the older viscount. There was someone else out there. And that only made the situation more complicated and irritating.

While Malcolm washed up, his mind on the blonde in his drawing room, he decided that the best thing would be to call on Olivia and get her alone somehow. Even though she was in his house, with her mother present, he wouldn’t be able to speak to her. They had a lot to discuss, and they’d yet to have time to do it.

He was going to do it tonight.

Malcolm bided his time, and well after the sun had set, he went around the block to stand in front of the Helvellyn residence. He half expected to see the shrouded figure doing the same thing, but despite the usual traffic, there did not appear to be anyone lurking about. Except for him, of course.

Doing so out front, however, would be an idiotic mistake. Malcolm snuck into the alley behind the houses where the mews and gardens of each house were located. He ticked off the gates until he came to the one that barred his entry to the woman who’d consumed his thoughts for weeks.

As quietly as he could, he pushed the gate open and slipped inside. The windows were lit in the house with candlelight, but the garden was cast in shadow. Trees and vines and hedges, all looming in various shapes and scents, made up the space.

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