A Very Wicked Christmas by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-10-17T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“I do not want to be disturbed!”

“Why are you roaring like a bear at such an early hour?”

The Marquess of Harrington glared at his brother as he entered his study. Tall like him, Phillip had a leaner build and a nicer disposition that tended toward flippancy when his brother was near. He liked to indulge in as many vices as he could, but usually walked just this side of being a complete rake. Harry withstood the questioning look in the Harrington green eyes before lowering his head to reread the page he had started several times.

“Unlike you, who will simply crawl out of whatever bed you have shared in two weeks and fall into the carriage to slumber the entire journey, I have much to do before we depart for that wretched wedding.”

“Yes, but that is nothing new, I’ve always been a wastrel,” Phillip said, falling into the seat across Harry’s desk. “This dark look,” he waved a hand about, “is even more intimidating that your usual one. And Brimley said the staff are all running for cover as you have been barking at them for days.”

Harry pinched the bridge of his nose to give himself time to think. The problem was, closing his eyes brought visions of her. Bloody woman.

He’d woken three nights ago in Lord Cavanagh’s library to find her gone, and the blood on his thighs confirmed what he had believed. She’d been an innocent. Terrified that she’d already left, he’d dressed, and it had been as he picked up his jacket that he saw the glimmer of gold under the sofa.

Her bracelet was in his pocket, the one inside his jacket, foolishly, close to his heart. Harry wasn’t sure what the hell had happened in that room yet, but what he did know was that she’d played him for some reason. Lied about her innocence and lured him in to taking her virginity. He couldn’t stop thinking about her. The way she’d smelled, the lilt of her voice and feel of her skin. He wanted her; even through his anger, he understood that. But there was more to this, much more, and he had no idea what that more was, only that he was totally obsessed with finding her and unearthing her secrets.

Had he hurt her in any way? He didn’t believe so, and when the anger inside him at her duplicity had eased, he’d felt humbled that he had been the first man to know his Hero. On the heels of that thought was another. He wanted no man but he to make love to her.

How could he feel all this for a woman he knew nothing of? No name, not even the color of her eyes. In that room they had simply been two people intent on pleasure. All barriers had been lowered, and he had never felt closer to another person in his life than he had that night. The harsh light of day, however, had brought reality. He did not know where to start looking for her or how.

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