Hidden Lover by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer [Mortimer, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07X1C9Y1B
Publisher: Carole Mortimer
Published: 2019-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“I fail to see why you are smiling,” Lucius drawled late the following morning as he glanced at the young man riding astride the horse beside his own. “Your arse must be on fire this morning.”

Toby burst out laughing. “I am happy because last night I gave you pleasure, slept in your bed beside you, and this morning, I am here with you, on my way to your country estate.” He shot Lucius a sideways glance. “As I said I would be.”

Yes, he was, Lucius acknowledged self-derisively, very much aware this young man already had the ability to twist him round his delicious and highly suckable little finger.

Perhaps it would be best to change the subject from the one that would force him to acknowledge just how deeply Toby had already burrowed beneath his skin. “Going to my estate has reminded me we need to discuss the best way of keeping up the maintenance and smooth running of your own estate in Gloucestershire.”

Toby smiled. “Who do you think has been running that estate since my father fell ill a year ago?”

Lucius’s eyes widened. “You?”

“Of course.” Toby nodded. “With the assistance of the very able estate manager I employed, a Mr. Gable, who alerts me to any problems as they arise. See, I am not such a child, after all,” he added teasingly.

After last night, Lucius knew he would never think of Toby as being a child ever again. Toby was young in years, yes, and inexperienced, but he was also every inch a man.

A man Lucius was fast becoming obsessed with.

His admiration for Toby had only increased now that he knew he had for the past year, as well as caring for his father, Toby had been successfully running the estate he had now inherited. Toby was a remarkable young man.

Lucius also had to acknowledge he had no strength of will left to deny the younger man anything. Toby’s taunts in the library last night might have caused Lucius’s control to snap, but the night that followed had sealed Toby’s immediate fate.

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