The Seduction of an Earl (The Daughters of the Aristocracy) by Sande Linda Rae

Author:Sande, Linda Rae [Sande, Linda Rae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780989397315
Published: 2013-05-04T00:00:00+00:00

The walk proved invigorating; the chill deepened as she passed between the scattered farmhouses that made up the earl’s village. She tried in vain not to think of Billy’s kiss, not to think of how warm she’d felt, of how their bodies had fitted together, of how truly bereft he’d seemed on learning she was leaving the Gisborn household. But she couldn’t think of him now. She was on her way to meet her true love. Thomas. He would be waiting with a horse and carriage somewhere close to Bampton.

Only one animal, or rather, a whole lot of the same kind of animal, took exception to her midnight stroll when she passed in front of the Cavenaugh’s house. The dogs whimpered and whined and one barked, its low ‘woof’ more of a warning than a threat. She increased her pace until the sound of the dogs no longer reached her ears.

She was almost to Bampton when she spotted a small conveyance parked alongside the road, an old bay in the yoke. At the sound of her approach, the huddled form atop the box turned and exhaled a cloud of white. ”Lily?“ she heard before she saw the form straighten. The movement startled the horse, but he’d been hobbled and gave a snort.

“Thomas?” she countered, hurrying to reach the gig. And then Thomas was down from the box and wrapping his arms around her, his nose buried into the space between her shoulder and neck while her face pressed against his chest. “Oh, Thomas, I have missed you so much,” she murmured, glad for the warmth of his body and the blanket he had draped across his back.

“Finally,” he replied, a hint of annoyance in his voice. “Is that all you have?” the boy asked, motioning to her valise.

“Yes,” she replied with a shrug. “Everything I own,” she added, moving a gloved hand to his face. He was older than she remembered, the planes of his face straighter, his cheeks a bit more hollow, his eyebrows slashes on his forehead; she had to chide herself for thinking he would look exactly the same as he did when she’d left Bampton over two years ago.

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