Wedded in Sin by Jade Lee

Author:Jade Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780425251034
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2012-08-06T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“I’m not going to any brothel!”

Samuel sighed, wondering if it was possible to forestall the coming argument. He doubted it, but he made an effort to convince her reasonably. “You would rather have an argument at the shop? With Tommy and Mrs. Appleton as witnesses?”

“Of course not—”

“Then we shall go—”

“I’m not having any argument with you at all!”

Well, that was obviously false. She had ripped her elbow out of his grasp, then planted her feet, dropped her fists on her hips, and started talking, her voice dangerously loud. He glanced about him uneasily. They were in a nearly deserted walk right off Bond Street. What they were doing right now was unusual to say the least, and would certainly attract attention if anyone were to walk by.

“You are not being logical,” he began.

“You cannot—” she began, but he cut her off.

“And I do not as a rule allow anyone to screech at me in public.” He grabbed her arm and started pulling her forward. She followed merely because he was being rather rough. He didn’t like it, but what help was there? What if Cordwain was coming back and saw them? What if Jobby had finished his business and was walking the tart home? Any number of things could happen, and he felt much too dangerously exposed out here.

Meanwhile, she moderated her tone to an angry hiss. “I do not screech.”

“To answer that would require an accurate dictionary.”

She was slowing, her steps catching in the street. Before long, he would be reduced to tossing her over his shoulder. He stopped first as a way of throwing her off balance.

“Penny, I would have a discussion with you. Now.”

“I do not—”

“I don’t care. It is imperative that we speak, and if you wish to have my help, then you will come with me and do as I ask!”

Even in the darkness, he saw her skin pale. “You aren’t going to help me anymore?”

He groaned. Of course he was going to help her. But they needed to talk! “I need to understand some things. And if you will not converse with me in a place where we can scream and bellow and still be private, then I will be forced to follow you home. And then Mrs. Appleton and Tommy will—”

“As if I would argue in front of them!”

“You would not be able to control yourself.” That was, in point of fact, the very problem: her inability to control her temper. “I assure you, I can be quite irritating when I choose.”

“At least we agree on that!”

“Then agree on this: Penny, I mean to talk with you now. I assure you that you will be completely anonymous where we are going.”

She bit her lip, her gaze flicking up the street where a pair of dandies had just rounded the corner. It took only a moment for Samuel to identify them. Those two would not recognize Penny, and even if they did, they wouldn’t care. But Penny didn’t know that, and so he cast her a dark look.

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