A Warriner to Seduce Her by Virginia Heath

Author:Virginia Heath [Heath, Virginia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-08T19:13:45+00:00

Chapter Twelve

A cold corner of Hays Mews and Hill Street,

behind Berkeley Square

The moment Jake stepped into the dark lane Leatham appeared out of the shadows. ‘What brings you here?’

A certain honey-haired temptress and an overwhelming desire to see her sooner. ‘I had time to kill before Almack’s and thought it might be a good opportunity to catch up.’ He eyed the line of waiting carriages. ‘What’s going on?’

‘Rowley’s hosting a dinner. There are around ten other men including Redditch. Flint’s there, so we’ll have to wait for the full list of names to investigate.’ The flash of jealousy at Flint spending time with her around the dinner table while Jake loitered outside yearning didn’t help his mood and he grunted. ‘How was the Tower?’ Leatham’s bland expression belied the wicked glimmer in his eyes. No doubt he, or one of his Invisibles, had followed Jake’s every move and his monosyllabic friend knew exactly what had happened all too briefly in that hackney.

‘I’m making progress.’

‘Slow progress by your standards, Warriner. I’d have thought you’d have bedded the wench by now.’

Hearing her talked about like that made his blood boil, but Jake covered it with lazy charm. ‘That’s why I do the seducing and you get to lurk in the stables, my friend. You don’t know the first thing about women. Fliss is not the sort of woman you rush.’

A knowing grin split the other man’s face. ‘Fliss, is it? Suits her. She’s got to you, hasn’t she?’

Yes.

‘Of course not.’

‘Then you won’t mind that Fennimore’s told Flint to try his hand with her, too. Belt and braces...’

‘You know damn well two men trying to woo the same woman would muddy the water. What the hell is Fennimore playing at? Flint’s got his mission and I’ve got mine!’ And he’d happily flatten the charming Flint if he so much as laid one finger on her. At his furious glare, Seb threw his head back and laughed.

‘It was a test, Warriner. One that you failed. Miserably. I saw the soppy grin on your face after you ravished her in that carriage. She’s been wearing a matching one most of the day.’

She had? His silly heart soared.

‘Have your fun elsewhere, Seb. I was sent to ravish the girl as you well know. So what if I enjoy my work? It’s better than loitering in the gutters like you.’ And Jake was digging himself a deeper hole by seeking to explain it so vigorously. ‘Has Flint got into Rowley’s dressing room yet?’

‘It’s his intention to try again tonight if he can distract the guards. There’s tighter security inside that house than outside. Rowley has a man on practically every door.’ Which was why they were currently chatting at the end of the cluttered mews which served the whole of Berkeley Square and well away from Rowley’s small fortress of a stables. ‘He’s going to try and hang back till after most of the guests and Rowley have left...unless he can inveigle his way into the family carriage.

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