Brazen by Margo Maguire

Author:Margo Maguire
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins US
Published: 2011-11-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

He’d ruffled Christina’s feathers without saying a word.

Maybe this was the moment to try and convince her to leave Lang’s fate in his own hands, rather than haring down to London to pay off—and try to capture—the damned blackmailer. If Lang was alive, which Gavin doubted, he was a grown man who ought to see to his own affairs.

One look at her told him she wasn’t going to accept any such option.

“I assume your father asked Lieutenant Norris about the letter.” Gavin could not help but wonder whether the man had had the audacity to kill his own friend in a scheme to collect money from his family.

Christina nodded. “He knew nothing.”

“What about your friend. The viscount?”

“Lord Brundle is no friend of mine,” she said with some vehemence.

“You don’t care for the fellow?” Gavin asked, though her tone made her sentiments toward the man quite obvious.

She pulled a face. “He was simply awful when he courted me. Fortunately, my father did not like him, either, and refused his offer of marriage.”

Gavin felt his brows rise. The man had gotten that far in his courtship? “So Brundle was not able to offer any more information than Norris.”

Christina shook her head. “Lieutenant Norris said he did not stay. Brundle was gone well before Lang left the tavern.”

Servants came and placed their meal before them, but Gavin had never been less interested in food. Or discussion. He didn’t want to talk about Lang or what Christina expected him to do about the blackmailer. He wanted to enjoy these perfect moments alone with her, anticipating the taste of her lips, breathing in her scent, stealing as many secret caresses as the moment allowed.

“You mentioned that All Hallows Church has an undercroft,” she said, dragging Gavin’s attention from the lovely hollow at the base of her throat. He could already taste it, could already feel the weight of her breasts in his hands.

He tamped down his lust and forced himself to recall the design of the church. “Aye. There’s an undercroft, but I’ve never been down there.”

A small crease appeared between her brows. Her hair shone in the candlelight, wisps of curls twining tightly near her ears. “Do you think the blackmailer will be able to slip away down beneath the church?”

“It’s possible. There are many pathways through All Hallows. And stairs. Doors. It’s possible your blackmailer could slip away unnoticed on a crowded Sunday morning.”

“But if you are already inside . . .”

Gavin nodded. “I might be able to see who it is and detain him.”

“I am counting on it,” she replied.

Which went without saying. Gavin knew Christina didn’t want anyone else to know about the situation with Lang, but he was going to have to recruit a few friends to help him cover the church’s stairs and exits. He figured he would then blend in with the crowd and watch for the man. When he saw the culprit who picked up the money, he would follow him out and detain him. Simple.

Unless

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