The Spy s Revenge For Print by Millard Nadine

Author:Millard, Nadine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-22T00:00:00+00:00

Jonathan laughed as his nephew pulled at his hair, William’s pudgy little fingers stronger than they looked.

“Really grips on, doesn’t he?” Andrew laughed proudly.

“Indeed. He is strong as an ox,” Jonathan responded. “He gets that from my side of the family.”

They bantered back and forth as they were always wont to do until the sound of a commotion in the foyer downstairs brought an abrupt end to their conversation.

“What the—”

Andrew’s words were cut off by the sound of Piers’ usually unflappable butler shouting in surprise.

“My lady. Are you well?”

My lady meant Evelyn, and before Jonathan could even blink, Andrew was on his feet and tearing from the room.

Jonathan handed William back to his waiting nursemaid before rushing after Andrew.

His heart was pounding in fear as he flew down the stairs.

He came skidding to a halt before he ploughed into Andrew, who had stopped just in front of him.

There were housemaids and footmen filling the foyer, people shouting questions and demands, and Jonathan couldn’t see or hear Gabrielle through it all.

Where the hell was Piers to control his staff?

Bloody hell, this was ridiculous.

“Enough,” he bellowed over the sound and was grateful for the immediate silence.

The staff scrambled out of the way, and he saw Evelyn and Gabby standing there, covered in dirt and shaking.

Jonathan barely heard Andrew’s oath beside him as the other man rushed to his wife and lifted her from her feet, crushing her toward him.

“What happened? Are you all right? Who did this?” he demanded, all the while pressing her against him.

Jonathan paid little attention to them; he strode to Gabby and stopped inches from her.

This is where it killed him not to be married to her.

He couldn’t pull her into his arms the way he wanted to, not if he didn’t want staff gossiping and damaging her reputation.

“Are you hurt?” he asked, hearing the gruffness in his voice, uncaring of it.

“M-my shoulder,” she answered softly, “and my ankle. A carriage came at us. It wasn’t an accident.”

He knew the woman before him inside out, and for her to even mention an injury meant it must hurt like the devil.

All of a sudden he thought, to hell with propriety and gossip, and he bent to sweep her into his arms. Again.

Gabby’s eyes widened, but she didn’t fight him, which worried him all the more.

“Move,” he bit out to the staff still loitering, and they parted immediately. He was never so rude to household staff, and he made a note to send an apology later. Right now, however, his mind was solely focused on the woman in his arms.

“Call for the doctor,” he instructed the butler as he stalked toward the drawing room. “And find Mr. Casings.”

The man mustn’t be in the house, if he hadn’t come when the screeching had started.

But he needed to be here now. The measures they’d taken to keep Gabrielle safe hadn’t worked.

Glancing behind him, Jonathan saw that Evelyn was hurrying after him, Andrew’s arm draped protectively around her.

The two men shared a brief

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