Inheriting Trouble: A Sweet Regency Romance (The Bequest Series Book 1) by Wendy May Andrews

Author:Wendy May Andrews [Andrews, Wendy May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sparrow Ink
Published: 2019-11-11T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Georgia was seething and could barely sit still. She didn’t want to draw too much attention to herself and thus shame the Shertons, but she would have loved to kick and scream at the wicked earl. How he was accepted by everyone was beyond her. He was certainly no gentleman. If this was what the ton was like, she was rather relieved that he had made it impossible for her to remain there. She shuddered at the thought of being married to a man like him and began to worry about her dear Vicky’s future.

“Come, Miss Holton, you know I cannot just leave you here. You must see reason.”

The earl’s low voice and his attempts at soothing her were having the opposite effect. She would so enjoy hitting him with her parasol if she had thought to bring one with her.

“Reason? Really, my lord? You want me to see reason? You are the one who claims to have possession of a child but then ran away from him. And you are also the one who cannot keep his word or hold a confidence. I am a perfectly amiable young woman who would like to go my own way unaccosted by one such as you. I do not need to see reason.”

When the earl chuckled suddenly Georgia truly began to fear for her safety. She had thought the man a touch irregular, but now she truly questioned his sanity. Her feelings must have written themselves on her face because he held up his free hand in a staying motion.

“I know, laughing at this moment does not reassure you, I am sure. But your righteous indignation is a sight to behold, my dear Miss Holton, and I could not help myself. I swear to you, I am not a madman. I will drive you straight back to Lady Sherton and shan’t darken your door without an invitation ever again.”

Georgia wouldn’t trust the man farther then she could throw him and, considering his size, that would not be very far. But he wasn’t wrong about the fact that she could not just traipse around the city on her own. Since the earl was driving a curricle, she hadn’t been able to bring a maid with her, so if she left him she would do so alone.

“Please, return me to the Shertons immediately, my lord.” She couldn’t bypass almost two decades of training to be polite, but even though she said please it was through tight lips and in a steely tone.

She heard him sigh but refused to look at the earl. Georgia didn’t think she had herself well enough in hand not to start shrilling at him like a fishwife if she set eyes on him at that moment. Why did I agree to take a ride with him? She could have politely refused or even claimed a headache. The countess had merely insisted that she see why he was calling; she hadn’t said Georgia had to accompany him. But she was

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