Accidentally His by Sabrina Jeffries

Author:Sabrina Jeffries [Jeffries, Sabrina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2023-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

As soon as Verity had left the bathing machine, Rafe had moved to the front to watch her through the window and make sure she entered her own without anyone noticing. Once she had, he’d paced the small room and allowed himself to think about what he’d done.

Gone too far, that was what. He hadn’t meant to. He’d only wanted to question her about what man she’d been watching. Next thing he knew, he was offering to give her a hint of the joys of the bedchamber, and allowing himself to be so caught up in their “playing” that he’d even asked her to satisfy his own arousal. As if she were some whore. So their encounter had not turned out to be the grand sacrifice he’d intended.

For God’s sake, he’d barely restrained himself from seducing her. He ought to have known better. Now that he’d tasted her delights, he would want to do it again the next time they kissed, then do more and more until he did seduce her.

Bloody hell. They couldn’t kiss or caress each other again. Now he must back away. Because he couldn’t get her words out of his head. Is what I felt how it’s supposed to feel? Between a husband and wife, I mean?

If he went further, she’d want marriage, and he wouldn’t blame her. She deserved marriage. But once she learned how he’d deceived her and her family . . . She might resent her father, but that didn’t mean she’d want him arrested and possibly hanged. It was better that Rafe not risk her hating him for it.

He looked out just in time to see the horses for her bathing machine and two others being guided to pull the wheeled changing rooms back through the surf and up onto the beach.

Since everyone would be inside those, it was time for him to make his escape. He slipped out, using the cover of shade and trees to reach the road so he could pass over onto the men’s beach. Only then did he relax, knowing he wouldn’t be caught by ladies outraged over a man in his smalls invading their precious territory.

He’d been gone so long that the other gentlemen in his party had left. Indeed, the attendants to their bathing machine were waiting around for his return. Hastily, he donned the rest of his clothes, since his smalls were now dry, and headed back for the house by the route that led up a street past several shops.

He was just approaching an apothecary shop when he heard an argument from inside spilling out onto the road. Instantly, he recognized one of the voices. Hard to miss the strident tones of the fellow who’d repeatedly tried to outbid him for Verity’s dinner.

So when Rafe looked into the shop, he wasn’t surprised to find Lord Minton engaged in a dispute with the shopman. Rafe watched unnoticed as the dispute became more heated, Rafe’s own temper rising by the moment. Minton’s presence in Exmouth couldn’t possibly be a coincidence.

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