The Duke of Olympia Meets His Match by Juliana Gray

Author:Juliana Gray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-04-19T14:48:30+00:00

Day Four

SS Majestic

At sea

Penelope was not surprised when, five minutes after she tucked herself underneath a woolen blanket on the lee side of the promenade deck, another deck chair appeared at her side in a clatter that brooked no objections.

She sighed and picked up her book. “Good morning, Mr. Penhallow.”

“Good morning, Mrs. Schuyler.” The Duke of Olympia sank into the deck chair and arranged a blanket over his long legs. “You were waiting for me, I see. Has the sun risen? I can hardly tell, behind all that cloud.”

“I was not waiting for you,” she said, but as soon as the words were out of her mouth, she caught the familiar scent of him, the sweetness of his shaving soap and the spice of his cigar, and she realized, heart tingling, that she had been.

Waiting for him, on the lonely promenade deck at dawn.

“I’ve brought champagne,” he said.

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