Wild (Regency Scandal 2) by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer [Mortimer, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781910597941
Publisher: Carole Mortimer
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Cat?” Andrew prompted.

She turned slowly from where she had remained facing the closed door. She focused on him with effort. “I have never known Alec to behave in such a—a—”

“A proprietary manner?” Andrew put forward softly.

“Yes.”

“Is he in the habit of paying you calls when it is too late at night to be politely decent for him to do so?”

“No.” Cat’s head was still buzzing with all the unlikely events of the day.

“Strange that he should do so tonight, then, when I am newly arrived in the area, and Malcolm’s bedtime means the two of us were alone here this evening…”

Cat looked at him searchingly. “You think Alec’s arrival here tonight was deliberate?”

He nodded. “I do, yes.”

“Why?”

“Because I am here, and he wished to see for himself who is currently sharing the home of the woman he intends to make his wife.”

She gave a firm shake of her head. “I am not marrying Alec Munro. Nor is there any way in which he could have known of your presence here.”

“You said your housekeeper is a Munro? That she was married to a cousin, twice removed, of Alec Munro?”

Cat’s mouth became dry as Andrew’s comments bombarded her with so many impossibilities, one on top of another, it seemed too incredible any of them might be true.

It seemed impossible that Mrs. Munro, who had been housekeeper here since her husband died four years ago, might actually be assisting Alec in his decision to marry her.

Then what is Alec doing here so late at night when he could quite easily have told her of the attack on the ewes and lambs tomorrow?

“Might I put forward the insight of someone who is new to the situation?” Andrew suggested softly.

Cat gave an abrupt nod, her throat now too dry for her to be able to answer him.

Andrew gave her an encouraging smile. “Since my arrival, I have several times heard you, as the aunt and guardian of the young laird, referred to as my lady.”

She gave a shake of her head. “It is a courtesy title only until Malcolm is old enough to take a wife.”

“Nevertheless, it is a fact Malcolm is aged only four, and therefore that courtesy title and your guardianship of Malcolm and the land will remain in place for many years to come. Land which, I also learned this evening, borders Munro’s, and which he obviously takes a close interest in if he discovered the injured ewes and dead lambs on your side of the border between your two estates.”

Cat was aghast at the picture Andrew was painting. One which she freely admitted had not even occurred to her until this moment.

Because she had so suddenly been thrust into the position of lady of the McGregor clan and guardian to Malcolm, she admittedly had, these past two months, accepted Alec’s assistance in the overseeing of the McGregor land and livestock.

A role he had been happy to supply because of his own intention of marrying her and for all intents and

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