Heirly Ever After by Vernon Magan

Author:Vernon, Magan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance; Contemporary Womens Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Romantic Comedy; Rom Com; Royalty; British aristocrats; Scottish; Scottish hero; New Adult Fiction; New Adult Romance; Magan Vernon; Entangled Embrace; Entangled Publishing; Heired Lines
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Jacob

After another long, cold shower, I put on my suit, adjusting the tie as I tried to focus on tying a Windsor knot instead of thinking about a certain gorgeous redhead’s lips.

The way Madison had kissed me had been desperate. Frantic. Yet those soft lips and her tongue dancing against mine had turned everything into pure ecstasy. One I wanted to slow down and keep tasting.

Shite. I shouldn’t have let her get close.

I’d come here to get the help my family needed. And I still hadn’t done shite to get it done. Madison was a sweet distraction, but I couldn’t let her get in the way of my plans.

I had to focus.

Tonight’s dinner would be the chance to put things into perspective, especially since the rumor around the kitchen was that Lord Edwin and Lady Helena had made the trip in early to see the long-lost MacWebley nephew.

Of course, most of the kitchen staff hadn’t realized that I was exactly that odd duck they were worried about. Hopefully they also hadn’t realized exactly what I’d been doing with Madison in the back room.

Shite.

What was I really doing with her?

The more we got involved, the more this could end badly if things blew up.

Staring at my reflection in the bathroom mirror, I wondered how the hell I was going to pull this off. I still hadn’t had the chance to find anything to say the MacWebleys were entitled to anything. But I couldn’t just walk away, go back to Scotland with my tail between my legs.

“Okay, Jacob, you’re going to get your head in the game and stop thinking about your wedding date,” I muttered to my reflection, then I splashed some cold water on my face.

I tried to swallow my guilt and push Madison out of my mind as I exited the bathroom. She had probably washed up and changed for dinner already, but there was no trace of her around the solar. Maybe she changed in her sister’s room, too embarrassed to come back.

I’d have to find a way to talk to her about everything. But even I couldn’t wrap my head around it. And right now, I had to focus on dinner with more of the Webley family.

The buzzing from my pocket broke my own thoughts.

Puling my phone out, I stared at the screen where Blair’s face stared back at me with a video call. Why the hell was she doing a video call? Did she want a tour of the manor?

Now wasn’t the time.

But if I didn’t answer, I knew she’d just keep calling.

Swiping the screen, instead of seeing Blair’s resting bitch face, Great-Grandfather’s sunken features appeared.

My heart leaped into my throat as I cleared it, trying to straighten my shoulders from the sudden jump after being caught off guard.

“Great-Grandpa, wasn’t expecting your call.”

The man was in his late nineties, but as long as I’d remembered him, he had been a force of a man. Lively, leaning on his cane in a three-piece suit, his white hair parted to the side.

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