The Viscount Needs a Wife: A New Regency Novel (Rogue Series) by Jo Beverley

Author:Jo Beverley [Beverley, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2016-04-04T23:00:00+00:00

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Braydon took refuge in his bedroom, needing time for his anger to simmer down. He wanted to thrash Marcus Cateril, but he couldn’t do it, even if the man were alive. How many of Kit Kat’s admirers had felt the same, guessing that Cateril’s surly rage at his condition was sometimes vented on his wife? Had they seen bruises, or even witnessed attacks? Had the puppy been offered in consolation?

How had she responded? When she’d said she’d be no Desdemona, she’d meant it, but had she felt able to hit back? She would have given as good as she got with words—that was sure. He’d married her for her fighting spirit, but he wished she’d not had to learn to fight.

He wanted to return to her and find a way to make it right, but her simmering anger had been like a wall. Breaking it down would do no good. He sought refuge in his office and paperwork. The sooner the administration of the viscountcy was in solid order, the sooner he could leave for London. He could be gone by Christmas and only obliged to return on occasions.

After mere minutes he tossed down his pen, realizing how little he wanted that now.

He’d be leaving Kitty alone in this hostile house, as she had perhaps been alone in a hostile marriage, despite her flock of admirers. More than that, he’d miss her company already, in and out of bed. There was so much to learn and explore in bed. And out of it . . .

Perhaps he could remain over Christmas. Town would be thin of company, and the troublemakers had gone quiet. There were probably rural rites he was supposed to take part in. Wassailers. Mummers. Gathering holly and mistletoe.

Quite likely the dowager was of the modern mind that saw such things as pagan.

He smiled at that. He’d encourage a riot of them.

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