A Duke Under her Spell by Emma Linfield

Author:Emma Linfield
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-07-05T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

T he carriage ride to Bath was a long awkward affair. Marybeth sat in the corner next to the Dowager Duchess in silence while Lady Cordelia and the Earl fawned all over the Duke in the seat opposite. Both Lady Cordelia and the Earl continuously sent disapproving looks toward Marybeth as they spoke. Had the two of them not been so desperate to garner the Duke’s favor, Marybeth suspected they would have refused to share the carriage with her. As it was, the Duke had demanded it.

Marybeth found herself wishing that she were sitting atop the contraption with the driver as Mrs. Snow had done, or better yet that the Earl and his sister had not come along at all.

Lady Cordelia is to marry the Duke whether I like it or not. It is not my place to have an opinion on the matter and yet I cannot help but wish that it were not so.

She gazed longingly at the handsome dark head across from her as he stared out of the window at the passing landscape. Feeling her eyes on him he turned and met her gaze. His deep green eyes had dark circles under them from lack of sleep. He looks tired. Marybeth’s breath caught in her throat at the sight of the longing she found in his eyes. Her cheeks grew warm under the intensity of his gaze and she fought the urge to reach out across the carriage and take his hand in hers.

The memory of their shared kiss flashed through her mind, sending tingling sensations all throughout her body. No other man had ever made her feel as Felix did. No other man had ever touched her as he had, but she could not imagine it being the same with anyone else. She had lived a life free from societies conventions and yet she had never been brazen or wanton.

Felix had been her first kiss and if how she felt for him was any indication, he might very well be her last. She feared that no one would ever be able to replace him in her affections. An image of herself as an old woman living alone in the forest, while Felix bounced his grandchildren on his knee flashed through her mind and she closed her eyes at the intense feeling of pain that swept over her at the thought. She had never had a problem with the idea of living alone before she had met him, but now…

“Are you well, Miss Wright?” Opening her eyes, she found Felix still watching her from across the carriage. Lady Cordelia had ceased from speaking and was now glaring at Marybeth. In fact, everyone was staring at her.

Pray God I did not voice my thoughts aloud!

“Are you well?” Felix repeated the question concern on his face. He had leaned forward in his seat attempting to gauge her wellbeing for himself. “You went suddenly pale and looked quite troubled. Is it the tumultuous motion of the carriage?”

“No, no, I am quite well, thank you.

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