Julia London - Lockhart Trilogy 02 by Highlander In Disguise

Author:Highlander In Disguise [Disguise, Highlander In]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-02-05T18:03:48+00:00

shall look forward to the invitation.”

She gave him a nod of her head, signaling her pleasure that he had come round to her way of thinking. Grif put his hands on his knees and looked at the door. “It is with great reluctance that I must bring me

call to an end. Alas, I’ve another engagement.”

“Of course,” she said, and after Grif made the customary departing proclamations, he strode out of the room as quickly as he dared.

He did not, however, manage to get out of the house, and, in fact, he did not manage to go very far at all,

for he heard Anna’s familiar warm laugh. The sound of it unnerved him, and he paused mid-stride. It seemed to be coming from the foyer. He walked quietly to the edge of the corridor, and paused there, leaning to one side to peer into the foyer.

He should have known.

It was Lockhart. Anna was laughing at something he’d said, her face upturned to his the way Grif had taught her, her smile bright and sparkling, just as he’d instructed.

With one hand on her elbow, Lockhart was smiling down at her bosom; Grif could plainly see the man was enjoying Anna’s attention. He said something in a low voice, and Anna leaned into him, her bosom

grazing his arm. If nothing else, she was an excellent student. She laughed again, then went up on her

tiptoes, cupped her hand, and whispered something in Lockhart’s ear that caused him to throw back his head and laugh loudly.

That was the moment Grif made his entrance, striding into their midst.

Both of them started at the sound of his boot on the marble floor, and both turned round to see who it was. Anna’s smile did not fade at all —if anything, it grew brighter.

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