When a Marquess Loves a Woman by Vivienne Lorret

Author:Vivienne Lorret
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

The Season Standard—the Daily Chronicle of Consequence

Lady F—th’s concerto this evening is sure to impress. Rumor has it that our resident goddess ordered a length of crimson silk from the drapers. One must wonder what stunning creation Lady G— will display this evening.

In other news, our favorite Viscount E— was spotted in the park this morning . . .

Each time Juliet read the current issue of the Standard, she breathed a sigh of relief. There was only that brief remark but nothing more. Not even the barest whisper about her scandalous visit to Max’s townhouse yesterday morning.

Of course, Max had been quite clever in his plan to make certain no one saw her. So clever, in fact, that Juliet had wondered aloud how often he hailed hacks and then asked them to drive around to the garden gate.

Finding her question amusing, Max had grinned, spouting some nonsense about believing her to be jealous, just before he’d kissed her. Soundly.

Even a full day and a half later, Juliet could still feel the warm, tingly aftershocks of it.

“Do you think Lord Thayne will attend Lady Falksworth’s concert this evening, madame?” Marguerite asked with a saucy waggle of her brows as she put the finishing touches on Juliet’s coiffure.

Even though Juliet had confessed nothing about the events of yesterday morning, her maid had known instantly. Of course, it was impossible to hide the remnants he’d left on Juliet’s flesh, tender and pink from his ardent attentions. Even the way she’d walked had been slightly altered, hinting at a new awareness of muscles she never knew she had. Most of all, Marguerite had claimed that Juliet was glowing, her skin and her eyes emitting an ethereal shimmer.

Glancing in the vanity mirror, she wondered if it was still showing. Then again, perhaps her current iridescent state was the gleam of candlelight glancing off the deep blue silk. “As I told you before, I do not know Max’s plans from one day to the next.”

However, that did not stop her from hoping she would see him tonight.

“But you are his lover now, no?”

Juliet didn’t know that either. The way things had been left between them, she was unsure of where they stood. She’d half expected him to propose to her. When he hadn’t, she told herself to be grateful. Gone was the impulsive man from five years ago who’d turned her world upside down. Since she was just settling into her life, she didn’t need any sudden alterations, which included changing the peculiarly tense sort of friendship that she shared with Max.

When he did not call upon her at all today, however, she began to worry that he regretted what happened. No matter what their history was, she counted on his being in her life. And she prayed that her act of impulsiveness had not ruined everything she cared about the most.

Rivalry or not, she didn’t want to lose him.

“What I know is that I shall be late to the concert if I do not make haste,” Juliet said, choosing an ivory comb from the collection on a tray.

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