The Vagabond Viscount by Sasha Cottman

Author:Sasha Cottman [cottman, sasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cottman Data Services Pty Ltd

By the time they eventually did make it to the tailor shop on Via del Corso, Augusta was firmly set on her mission. Gideon was going to marry Serafina, and that was that. They had spent the morning at the Colosseum, where due to Serafina’s quick thinking, they were able to outwit the de Luca bodyguards and enter the ancient arena unaccompanied.

Her own efforts in feigning sore feet then allowed her brother and friend to snatch a few precious minutes alone. Time during which they had apparently come to some sort of agreement about their future. When a grim-faced Gideon took Augusta to task over her efforts, she gave him her solemn word that she would cease and desist from any other attempts at playing Cupid.

But she was far from done.

Gideon is clueless when it comes to women. If I let him dictate how things are to go, he will still be trying to make up his mind as Serafina walks up the aisle and marries the odious Signore Giovanni Magri.

She could play subtly when it was needed. Someday, hopefully very soon, her brother would be thanking her for the small things she had done to ensure he had made Serafina his marchioness.

After the Colosseum, they headed to Via del Corso and the tailor’s shop which Count Nico de Luca had suggested to Gideon. While Serafina assisted her brother with choosing the right fabrics for his new waistcoats, a delighted but watchful Augusta kept her distance.

Hidden behind a rack of linen shirts, watching while the two tentative sweethearts worked their way through a pile of fabric swatches, Augusta sensed a shift in the relationship between Gideon and Serafina. A budding connection that hadn’t been there before.

When Gideon picked up a pale blue piece of fabric and offered it to Serafina, she simply smiled at him, shook her head, and placed it back on the table saying, “No, it would wash you out too much, Gideon. You are a man who can wear stronger colors.”

Emotion clogged Augusta’s throat as she witnessed the loving exchange. When their hands brushed against one another, and the touch lingered, it was all Augusta could do not to break down and sob with grief.

It was impossible to ever resent them this moment, but it was still so heartbreakingly painful to watch. To know that she and Flynn would never have the chance to share the simple pleasure of shopping for clothes. Augusta gripped tight to the ring on her hand—the only thing she had left of her lost love.

Augusta was still fighting to maintain her composure when Serafina finally handed Gideon over into the care of the tailor and his staff. Her friend grinned at the men as they fussed over the marquis. While Gideon stood arms and legs akimbo, the tailor and his team set to work taking his measurements. They spoke in rapid-fire Italian. Augusta could understand quite a bit of what they were saying, but from the expression on her brother’s face, it

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