Lady Scot by Lee Jade

Author:Lee, Jade
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2022-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The Season began in earnest after that, and Connall found his time filled with nonsense. He was a man used to working his lands, managing the disputes between his clansmen, and negotiating trades with his neighbors. Now he was strolling through Hyde Park, attending musical evenings, and dancing at Almack’s.

That would have been pleasant enough if it weren’t for the scores of women constantly begging for his attention. It was his title they were after. Every female gushed over him before he’d done anything but acknowledge them with a nod. He found himself becoming more reserved by the second. Hard to say anything when the smallest statement was greeted with, “What a clever thing to say! I’m astounded by your perception!” Even the gentlemen acted this way, and he began to long for an insult or cutting word.

Thankfully, Mairi was always nearby to burst the bubble of overdone fawning. When one woman went on about the gloriousness of his hair, Mairi casually mentioned that he used a setting potion made from the blood of lambs. “It’s the best for getting curls to lay just right,” she said. And she didn’t stop there. She made up a recipe for the concoction on the spot and the woman wrote it down, swearing she would try it as soon as possible.

That same day, a gentleman complimented him on the breadth of his shoulders, the narrowness of his waist, and the strength in his calves. Mairi sauntered over to explain that it was because of Scottish hay. She claimed that the Aberbeag laird insisted that all his children eat hay every morning with whisky and that was why Connall was so handsome a specimen.

Her comments grew more outlandish every day. It became a game of hers to see what the Sassenach would believe. And it was his game to see if he could make her laugh as he agreed with every wild thing she said. It was the baby bathing in beet juice that finally broke her reserve. She said it created a reddish character (whatever that meant) and he agreed it was important to counter the MacAdaidh yellow tendency caused by witch hazel. A yellow character, he explained, held too much sunshine in it and needs must be softened to the color of a dawn by beet-bathing the babies soon after birth.

The tongue twister was what finally broke through her facade. They were walking in a group in Hyde Park and Mairi gurgled as she tried to stifle her laughter. It didn’t work. She had to hide behind her fan as she guffawed in a most unladylike manner. It was the first genuine expression he’d seen on her face in a week, and he couldn’t be more pleased.

The gentleman she was with was horribly offended, and he sniffed at the insult before turning away to talk to another lady who had joined their party. Connall didn’t mind. The man was a puffed-up prig. Connall also didn’t care that they’d insulted the seventeen-year-old girl who’d been attached to his side like a leech the moment they’d arrived in Hyde Park.

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