The Spring Duchess by Jillian Eaton

Author:Jillian Eaton [Eaton, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-10T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

How hard was it to charm a woman who kept a hedgehog in her pocket? Very hard, as soon Derek discovered for himself over the next five days. Very hard indeed. Especially since Eleanor seemed to be going out of her way to avoid him.

When he ventured outside she snuck back in. When he went in search of her inside the house she slipped back out. The only time he saw her for more than a few minutes was when they dined together, but even then she proved to be completely immune to his attempts at seduction.

He stroked his hand down her arm and she brushed it away as if it were a bothersome gnat. He pulled out her chair before she sat down and she informed in no uncertain terms that she was perfectly capable of pulling out her own chair, thank you very much, and she didn’t need a man to do it for her. She’d fed the bouquet of flowers he picked for her to the goat. When he asked if she wanted to go on a moonlit walk around the pond she said she was too tired, and then two hours later he glanced out the window and caught her scampering around the lawn in the dark catching fireflies.

Which was why he was so surprised when she barged into his office in the middle of the afternoon and demanded his immediate assistance in a matter of life or death…

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