LoSCHT05 - Fooled & Enlightened: The Englishman's Scottish Wife by Wolf Bree

Author:Wolf, Bree [Wolf, Bree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783964820617
Google: 9K-XzQEACAAJ
Amazon: B087YX9W3S
Publisher: Bree Wolf
Published: 2020-05-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

An Encounter in Hyde Park

Upon leaving her brother’s study, all Maggie wanted was to lie down. Her limbs felt heavy, her head throbbed and she felt utterly exhausted in body and mind. Blair, however, had other plans.

“To the park?” Maggie asked with a frown, looking from her brightly smiling daughter to her sour-faced son. “But ‘tis almost noon. Are ye not hungry?”

Blair’s smile brightened further. “I asked Cook to pack us a picnic.” She pointed to a small basket in the corner by the door. “‘Tis such a nice day out, and I think ‘twill do us good.”

While Maggie could not deny that her daughter had a point, there was something in the girl’s eyes that made her think that Blair had an ulterior motive. “Very well,” she agreed somewhat reluctantly; still, after everything her children had had to endure today, they deserved a little time out in the sun.

Her eyes shifted to her son. “Are ye all right, Niall?” She reached out a hand to brush through his thick auburn curls, but he pulled away, the same accusing look in his green eyes as before.

“Dunna be mean,” Blair chided her brother as she reached for his arm and then pulled him toward the door. “I know that ye’re hurting, but ‘tis not Mother’s fault.”

Grumbling something unintelligible under his breath, Niall followed his sister’s lead and they all dressed for a short outing in the park. Indeed, the warm sun felt heavenly and Maggie sighed in utter relief as a soft breeze brushed over her heated skin like a soothing caress, chasing away the aches that still lingered. While Blair was soon laughing without restraint as she skipped down the pavement, Niall seemed determined to hold on to his anger. Unfortunately for him, though, his sister’s joy was rather intoxicating and so by the time they reached the gates of Hyde Park, he too appeared more and more like the cheerful boy Maggie knew him to be.

Watching her children race each other down the lane, Maggie decided to not think about Nathan or Ian or the heartbreak that no doubt lay in her future and simply enjoy the moment. “What about over here?” she asked a bit later, pointing to a nice, green spot in the shade of a large tree. “To me, it looks like the perfect place to eat, do ye not agree?”

“‘Tis a good spot for sure,” Blair replied, praising Maggie’s efforts as though their roles had been reversed and she was the mother encouraging her daughter. “But I think we’ll find a better one a little farther up ahead.”

Maggie nodded and followed her children, the handle of the picnic basket slung around her arm. Still, the look in her daughter’s eyes when she had spoken had once again given her pause.

Something was up! Maggie was certain of it.

After another half hour, Blair had finally found the perfect spot not far from the waters of the Serpentine. And so with their bellies rumbling, they spread out the blanket and began unpacking the basket Cook had prepared for them.

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