Too Wicked to Woo by Tammy Andresen

Author:Tammy Andresen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

PENNY WALKED down Main Street enjoying the bit of spring sun as she laced her hand through Wes’s arm.

They’d been to the blacksmith, the baker, and the butcher. Now they were off to the general store, which also acted as a grain and feed store as well as the post office for the village. Mr. Wright had run the store since she was a child and she greatly looked forward to seeing the man again.

The interior of the store was dark and cool as she stepped inside. Mr. Wright stood behind the counter, a monocle over one eye as he scribbled his own notes.

“Mr. Wright?” she asked, giving a smile.

He looked up, his brow furrowing for a moment. “Miss Penny, is that you?”

“It’s me,” she said, noting a few other customers milling about. In particular, a woman in an emerald green dress eyed fabrics with a skeptical frown. Penny bit back a smile. This was not the shop for high fashion. “I’d like to introduce you to my husband, Lord Preston.”

Mr. Wright smiled a wide-open grin as he took the monocle off his eyes. “What a pleasure it is—” But he was cut off as the woman in green turned to them.

“Lord Preston. Well I’ll be. It is you.” She turned to them and Penny’s stomach sank to her knees. Blonde hair, twisted into a complicated coif, was set off by her matching emerald bonnet and glittering green eyes that held a catlike tilt. The woman was breathtaking.

“Lady Kittredge. Pleasure.” Wes straightened as he spoke, his voice low and even. Penny looked to her husband. How had he known this woman?

Lady Kittredge’s eyes ran up and down his length, her mouth quirking into a seductive smile. “I declare, I forgot how…large you were.”

It was Penny’s turn to straighten. Those words were far too intimate for her liking, and irritation and a prickle of jealousy slithered down her spine.

Wes drew in a breath. “May I introduce my wife, Lady Preston.”

The other woman’s eyes flitted to her briefly. There was a flicker of a challenge before she covered her mouth with her hand, letting out a dismissive sniff. Then her gaze settled back on Wes. “Pleasure,” she murmured. “Lord Preston, we must catch up. Perhaps we could all have dinner sometime.”

“Perhaps,” he answered. “If you’ll excuse us, Lady Kittredge, we’ve a long list to get through before dinner time.”

“Of course.” She curtseyed. “Do tell me where you live so that I might pay a visit.”

He tensed under Penny’s arm, not answering the question. Why was he acting so strangely? If he’d been friendly, she would have thought this woman just an acquaintance but his behavior and hers told Penny there was much more between them. “We live east of the village, Grandview Estate.”

“East? The grand view can’t be of the ocean then, I suppose.” She gave a closed-lip smile at her own joke. “Until we meet again.” And then Lady Kittredge sauntered past them, her hips swinging as she went.

Penny picked a spot on the wall, determined not to stare.

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