For You by Emma Kaye

Author:Emma Kaye [Kaye, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Holiday, Regency, Historical, Time Travel
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2015-12-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Three weeks later, Drew kept his chin up as Payne’s—now his, he’d have to get used to it—valet tied the cravat around his neck. He had no idea how he was going to get through the evening. He’d thought a tie felt tight. That was nothing compared to this.

“Can we loosen it a little?”

The horror on Brecken’s face said it all.

Drew suppressed a sigh. He’d have to suck it up and breathe shallowly. Forget about eating anything, he doubted his collar would allow for swallowing. At least he didn’t have a headache for the first time since he’d arrived.

Despite Vincent’s repeated attempts to drag him out to all of Payne’s old haunts, they’d managed to make excuses to put off his inevitable reentrance into society. Until now.

Lady Farnsworth’s ball was not to be missed. Mellicent insisted they attend. So here he was getting dressed up like a Ken doll.

He shrugged into Brecken’s second choice of a coat with help. Not bad. The first he’d tried on had been tight across the shoulders and a little loose around the waist when Brecken wrapped his arms around him to tug it shut. Ha! Take that Earl of Payne.

He wondered what Julia thought of the differences. Did she even notice?

Brecken stood back and scanned Drew. After a moment he nodded in satisfaction. “Mary is working diligently to alter the rest of your attire. I believe she shall complete the task by month’s end.” Brecken paused and asked, somewhat uncertainly, “Will you be coming home with Lady Payne tonight, my lord?”

“Yes, of course.” Weird question. Where else was he supposed to go?

After a slight hesitation Brecken said, “Then I shall see that Walliker has your brandy ready in the study upon your return.”

“Thank you.”

The valet’s eyes practically popped out of his skull.

The more Drew interacted with people here the more he was convinced he wouldn’t have liked his predecessor. He better start acting like a jerk and keep his answers more open ended, or he was going to give away the secret in no time.

With a final twitch at Drew’s sleeves, Brecken gave a nod of approval, and Drew figured he was safe to leave. He was eager to see Julia. If the dresses she wore around the house were casual, he was looking forward to seeing her in something formal. Hopefully something with a nice low-cut top.

He jogged downstairs to wait for her in the drawing room as they’d agreed upon earlier and stopped dead in the doorway.

Julia stood before the fire. Her hair was piled on top of her head with long curls dangling to tease the curve of her neck. And that low-cut dress he wanted to see?

Oh yeah. The sight of her perfect breasts pushed to the verge of breaking free from her top was enough to force all the blood out of his head to the lower reaches of his anatomy.

Lust hit him so hard, he ducked into the hall so she wouldn’t see his body’s reaction. He

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