A Love to Remember by Bronwen Evans

Author:Bronwen Evans [Evans, Bronwen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Loveswept
Published: 2017-08-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 12

By the time her entourage made the three-day journey to Wiltshire, Rose was exhausted. It was close to midnight when they arrived, which she hoped would mean she would not see Philip until the following day, after she’d had a chance to bathe, rest, and fortify herself.

Kirkwood personally came to welcome her and Drake, and she hated to imagine what he must have thought of her state of exhaustion, because he quickly organized for Drake to be taken to his room and sent her immediately to her own.

Elaine, too, must have been fagged to death, but she still rang for a bath. Once it was organized, Rose shooed her off to her bed.

“The tub can stay as it is for one night,” she said firmly, “and I’m quite capable of drying myself and hopping into bed.”

Elaine didn’t need to be told twice. “Thank you, Your Grace. I shall check that His Grace is settled first. Good night.”

Rose removed her dusty, grimy traveling gown, eased herself into the water and closed her eyes. When she found herself starting to doze she decided to keep them open. She would hate to fall asleep and drown in the tub.

Her pregnancy was probably the reason this trip had seemed longer than usual. The queasiness had started the previous morning. Whether the nausea stemmed from her condition or her trepidation at seeing Philip, she wasn’t sure. She hoped she wasn’t going to be too sick. It would not take her friends long to make an accurate guess as to why she felt so bad.

Another yawn almost cracked her jaw. Determined to wash her hair, she dunked her head under the water. She would sit in the chair by the fire and brush it as it dried. She didn’t care if she fell asleep in the chair. She could rest tomorrow.

While she hid from Philip.

But as she washed the soap from her hair she knew she couldn’t hide forever. A wave of nausea washed over her and she placed her hand on her stomach, caressing it gently.

How would she tell him? How angry would he be?

At that moment she didn’t care how he took the news. She was thrilled. She’d found something that would make the man she loved forego his ridiculous plan to remain unmarried and childless.

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Philip paced his bedchamber like a caged lion.

Rose’s carriage had driven up close to midnight. It was now just after two in the morning. He wanted to see her. He knew it was a bad idea, but he wanted their first meeting to be private. He wanted to ascertain how she was, ensure his presence here did not embarrass her, and see how she wished to act when together in public.

He still didn’t understand why he’d accepted Kirkwood’s invitation. He told himself it was because at some point he and Rose were going to have to mix in society, and it would scotch rumors if they could demonstrate their mutual decision to end their affair and yet remain friends.

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