Draped in Green by Sandra Sookoo

Author:Sandra Sookoo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: friends to lovers, Regency romance, Colors of Scandal, Sandra Sookoo, revenge, scheme, duke, scandal, grieving, family honor, intrigue
Publisher: New Independence Books
Published: 2020-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Olivia followed her aunt and sister into the townhouse as she smothered a yawn. They’d attended the musical evening Sarah had talked about, for it seemed that Olivia’s sudden engagement to the biggest scandal ton had seen in years had opened a few doors previously closed to them. No doubt the ton wished to gawk and gossip, but it didn’t matter. Her sister finally had a chance at a future.

Now, as the longcase clock in the drawing room chimed the eleventh hour, she yawned again. The sooner she could fall into bed, the sooner she could think about what Lewis had made her feel and experience last night. A delicious tingle lanced down her spine. He’d only stopped because she’d become angry, but what would have happened had she kept her temper? And what had made him do such a thing to begin with? She didn’t know, but she wanted another taste... or to run her hands over his bare chest. Turnabout was fair play in these types of situations, no?

Stop, Olivia. If you let him distract you, you’ll never reach your goal.

Oh, but what he’d done had opened her eyes to a whole different world, and the problem with giving her a treat was she’d crave another one. It had been her downfall as a young girl with the tea tray, and if her curves were any indication, she hadn’t curbed that impulse. Apparently, Lewis was having the same effect.

A slow smile curved her lips. Yes, she wanted another kiss from the enigmatic, reclusive duke as well as an explanation. Oddly enough, she’d missed him today, had thought he would have called after events of last night, as a devoted fiancé should. But he hadn’t called or sent a note. Perhaps he already regretted their partnership... or her lack of response to his erotic attentions.

Oh, bugger. How am I to navigate these confusing waters? It’s difficult enough to focus on what needs to be done.

“Excuse me, Miss Beaumont.” The butler appeared with a footman to take their outer garments. “There is a missive for you.” Fletcher handed a sealed envelope to Olivia. “It arrived thirty minutes past.”

“Thank you, Fletcher.” She broke the unremarkable wax seal and then removed the single sheet of stationery that bore the Duke of Skeffington’s familiar crest. “How exceedingly odd.” But her heartbeat accelerated.

Dear Miss Beaumont,

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