The Theory of Dukes (Laws of Attraction Book 4) by Laura Trentham

Author:Laura Trentham [Trentham, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laura Trentham
Published: 2024-07-26T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Prue had the hack driver make the block and pull up on the far corner across from the Bow Street offices. She had not wanted Atwater to point her out to the runner who had assisted Duke in subduing him. Anxiety had her sitting on the edge of the squab wondering if Bow Street would defer to a gentleman or take Duke’s accusations seriously.

After a long half hour, Duke emerged, his head down and his shoulders slumped. He turned to walk down the pavement, not even glancing in her direction. She opened the door. “Duke! Over here!”

His head swiveled around and his entire demeanor changed, a grin breaking out on his face as he strode to her and hauled himself inside the hack. “I’d thought you’d left.”

“Of course not. I had the driver make the block. I didn’t want to draw the attention of the authorities. Did it go well?”

“Not for Atwater. He is being held. For now.”

“They believed you?”

“It helped that Atwater couldn’t keep his chin from wagging and confessed. He doesn’t seem to think he did anything wrong. I don’t know how powerful his father is. He may swoop in to bail him out of the mess he’s created, but for now justice is being served.”

“That’s a relief.” Prue sank back against the cushion. “What now?”

“An inquest. I will have to remain in London for a time to testify, but I’ll be sure you are kept out of the proceedings.”

She cast a look at him from the shadows. “I meant what are our more immediate plans.”

He cocked his head. “My rooms are not far from here.”

Was she actually going to accompany him to his rooms? While she was a virgin, she wasn’t a ninny. Her innocence would be a memory by morning, but in return, she would receive experience and—dare she hope?—pleasure.

She did not hold with the tradition of keeping a woman in ignorance until she was educated by her husband in their wedding bed. Sex could happen anywhere and anytime and with anyone. Even ladies of good families found themselves in trouble. In those cases, a wedding would take place with haste.

The last thing she wanted was to trap Duke in a marriage he did not want. If she did this, he could never know her true identity. In fact, there was no reason for anyone to find out about what was about to happen. Her aunt thought her safe and sound in her bed. She had until dawn.

Betraying the meaning of her given name—Prudence—she nodded. “Yes. Take me to your rooms.”

Duke gave the driver directions, slid his arm around her shoulders, and pulled her close. As his thumb caressed her jaw, he laid a light undemanding kiss at the corner of her mouth. “You’re trembling. Are you frightened?”

Was she? A little. Perhaps more than just a little. But she was also excited. She could imagine no one better than Duke to reveal the mysteries of the bedchamber.

Before she could assemble a reasonable excuse, he asked,

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