To Tempt the Devil by C.J. Archer

Author:C.J. Archer [Archer, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

She nodded sadly.

“Wait here,” Blake said and left the kitchen.

Lizzy rose. “I need to speak with Blake,” she said and followed him out.

“She’d make a good mother, that one,” the cook said, picking up the little girl.

“Uh, yes. A very good one.” Rafe coughed and crossed his arms but that made one of his grain-breasts shift to the left. He dug a hand down his bodice and rearranged it.

The cook erupted into a fit of snorting giggles.

“Blake,” Lizzy said upon entering his study. “A word, if you please.”

“Of course,” he said, unlocking a casket on the desk. When she didn’t respond, he glanced up. “What is it, Lizzy?”

“You don’t seem too concerned that Rafe and I are forced to spend time alone with each other.”

“Are you worried he’ll betray his brother’s trust and…” He cleared his throat and the skin above his ruff reddened.

“No! Not that. But…do you know the story behind his departure from London years ago? You can’t possibly or you wouldn’t be so relieved that he is with me now.”

Blake replaced the casket lid and came around the desk to hold both her hands. “I know what happened. As much as anyone does, that is.”

“And you’re not afraid?”

He smiled. “I’m not afraid. You were a child then and probably weren’t made aware of all the facts. Perhaps if you were, you’d feel safer around him.”

“The fact is, he almost killed his own stepfather.”

“True, but he never hurt anyone else, including James or any of the witnesses to his crime.”

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