Trusting Lady Hemmingway: Regency Romance (The King's League Book 4) by Lucy Adams

Author:Lucy Adams [Adams, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

Walking through Hyde Park with her mother trailing behind them made an already tense situation all the worse, Carolyn reflected, even though she was glad of her mother’s willingness to stay behind them. Lord Franks had called upon her, just as she had expected, but there was something foreboding in his gaze every time he looked at her. She could not understand it, although she had been pleased when he had agreed to take a walk in the park, glad that they would not have to sit merely facing each other in the quietness of the drawing room, with her mother present also.

“So,” Lord Franks began, clearing his throat gruffly. “Yesterday was something of a trying day.”

She looked at him, seeing his eyes dart towards hers before looking away again. “Indeed,” she answered, quietly. “How are Lord Millerton and the carriage driver?”

Lord Franks shot her a surprised glance as if he had expected her not to care in the least. “They both are steadily improving,” he told her, honestly. “Lord Millerton appears to be almost back to himself again, although he still needs to rest his shoulder. And the driver will be back in his seat within a fortnight.”

Glad to hear that both were recovering, Carolyn let out a long breath of relief. “I am glad,” she said, truthfully. “Although I confess that I am very confused over what was said yesterday afternoon. In addition, I must also wonder what it is that you wish to know or wish to seek from my brother.” She looked at him steadily but Lord Franks kept his gaze steadfastly straight ahead, not looking to the left or to the right. “I am correct in thinking that the only reason you have been calling on me with such evident determination is in order to find something within his house? Or were you the one to strike him?” She did not know where the last sentence had come from but accompanied it with a pointed look and a lift of her brows.

“Strike him?” Lord Franks turned his head towards her at once, alarm in his eyes. “What do you mean?”

Carolyn frowned, wondering if Lord Franks’ supposed surprise at this was anything more than an act. After all, there appeared to be a great deal about him she did not know and, given that he had managed to pretend that he was interested in calling on her when, in fact, he was seeking something from her brother, she did not think she could trust him.

“I truly do not understand what you are speaking of,” Lord Franks continued, perhaps aware that she was uncertain of him. “Your brother is injured?”

“Yes, Lord Franks,” Carolyn answered, glancing behind her to see her mother now caught up in conversation with an acquaintance of some kind. “He has been struck across the face, if not hit elsewhere also.” She shook her head, biting her lip hard for a moment. “I cannot tell what has happened and he certainly will not tell me.

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