Undoing One's Enemy by Camille Oster

Author:Camille Oster
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance, love, england, sexy, london, challenge, regency, society, enemies, gentleman

Chapter 13

She should have lied, she told herself as she paced around the space in her room. She had been honest and she’d upset him. Now her immediate world was at risk, her aunt’s happiness and her own life in familiar circumstances. She’d been so angry and she’d just blurted out the truth to defend herself against the accusation he’d laid at her feet.

She had to recoup; think of what to do. She knew she had help if she needed it. Celeste had said clearly that she would help her if she needed to extricate herself from this situation. It wasn’t so much that she had to extricate herself, it was more like she was going to be thrown out.

And he hadn’t been reasonable or even correct, far from it. He was in no place to dictate to her, even if he was lending her support by allowing her to stay here. He had been hypocritical, brutish and irrational. The whole idea that she should accept being a mistress, but only if it was with him was nothing but two-faced. And then the ridiculous idea that she harbored hopes that he would offer for her, like she would accept him if he did.

On no level did he understand her, even as she had blatantly laid it all out for him. He belittled and bullied her, not to mention he acted to her detriment without a qualm. There was absolutely no way in the world she would ever marry him. He might have all the means, wealth and status, but that didn’t mean she’d lost her standards. He just didn’t understand that they didn’t include the things that he valued.

She was riling herself up again. How was she expected to co-exist with such a man? It was an impossible task. She threw herself down on the bed and squashed her pillow beneath her head. He was probably preparing to throw her out as she lay there. Maybe she could appeal for clemency for Edna. She could beseech him to let Edna stay, and she would only visit her aunt very discreetly when he was away from the house; she could wait down the street until such time as he departed the house. She could even use the servants’ entrance. That way, the likelihood of him even seeing her if he returned before she was gone, would be even less.

She hated being in his power. She’d never questioned being in her father’s power and she’d grown up expecting being in her husband’s, but he was neither, yet he had complete power over her. Things would be different if it hadn’t been for Edna, she would walk away and never look back.

She also smarted from his assessment of her care for her aunt—that she was neglecting her by pursuing her own happiness and future. It didn’t matter how she twisted it, the grain of truth in the sentiment stood firm. Taking care of Edna should be her priority, no matter how uncomfortable her situation was.

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