Awakening the Shy Miss by Bronwyn Scott

Author:Bronwyn Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Yesterday she’d forgotten to be self-conscious around him and she hadn’t realised it until she’d been getting ready for bed. She’d been so concerned about the missing artefacts, she hadn’t been nervous about facing Dimitri the day after the storm, also known as the day after The Acts. It was much easier to think of it as the day after the storm. She was less inclined to blush spontaneously. But when she’d spoken with him, she hadn’t blushed at all.

Evie puttered around the cataloguing ‘tent’, keeping busy with little tasks. She was too distracted to draw. Evie wished she would forget to be nervous today too, but she knew she wouldn’t. Andrew’s lords were coming to visit, led by Lord Belvoir and his catty daughter, Cecilia. Already, she could feel her stomach was tight with nerves. She did not want Cecilia in Little Westbury. She told herself Cecilia’s remarks couldn’t hurt her any more. She wasn’t a young girl, first out on the town, naïve and eager to make friends. She’d rather not have to test that hypothesis. But that wasn’t the only reason she didn’t want Cecilia in Little Westbury. A jealous little space deep inside her didn’t want Cecilia anywhere near Dimitri, not after yesterday afternoon. She wasn’t ready yet to let Dimitri go. She wanted to enjoy the thought of him as ‘hers’ for just a little while longer, even if the thought was more fantasy than reality.

Just how much, though, was open for discussion. The line between fantasy and reality was a blurry one. She could no longer discount the feeling that there was something between her and Dimitri, that it wasn’t all just her. Yesterday wasn’t an isolated incident. There’d been something that had sparked between them from the start. Dimitri cared for her. The thought brought a smile to her face as she worked. It didn’t matter that nothing could come of that caring in the long term. It was just nice to know he liked her and maybe even more than liked her, because she more than liked him. For the first time in her life, she was in a reciprocated relationship. That was enough.

At least it was until she saw a cloud of dust on the horizon. The knot in her stomach, which had loosened just a little, tightened again. Andrew’s lordly cavalcade was here. On cue, Dimitri strode out with Andrew beside him to meet the carriages. He was dressed as an English gentleman today, complete with a blue jacket, pristine linen and buckskin breeches, and tall boots polished to perfection. Everything about him was perfection. Even at a distance, she could tell he’d taken care with his toilette. His jaw was smooth, his hair was drawn back tight with a silver clasp done in the shape of a bear, the great Russian symbol. He looked every inch the Prince and less like the man she’d come to know.

Four carriages pulled up and disgorged their passengers, their voices floating to Evie’s work station as everyone exchanged greetings.

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