Naughty Earls Need Love Too (That Wicked O'Shea Family Book 7) by Merry Farmer

Author:Merry Farmer [Farmer, Merry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

Nothing had ever made Avery feel quite as helpless as watching Maeve’s friendship with Miss Woodmont fall to pieces before his eyes. He was at a complete loss as to what to do about it. He’d escorted Maeve back into the house, then waited while she’d gone upstairs to bathe and change, talking with her parents the whole time. Mr. and Mrs. Sperrin had changed their attitudes toward him in a moment when they realized he fully intended to make their daughter a countess, whether he’d ruined her or not.

When Maeve joined them once more—clean and nicely dressed, but clearly depressed in spirit—Mr. and Mrs. Sperrin had failed to show deference to her feelings. They’d disparaged Miss Woodmont for turning her back on a friend who was about to be so highly placed and hinted that they weren’t entirely pleased with Miss Woodmont’s reputation. Avery didn’t think they actually knew about her child, but they didn’t seem to care much for Miss Woodmont all the same.

“Which was terribly gauche of them, if you ask me,” he told his sister, Angeline, hours later, when he was home, cleaned up himself, and taking afternoon tea with Angeline and Rafe, as well as Rory and Siobhan Feeney. “They could see that their daughter was deeply distressed at the loss of the friendship, and all they wanted to do was talk about how quickly they could put together the grandest wedding Ballymena has ever seen.

“I thought our wedding was the grandest Ballymena has ever seen,” Rory said, winking at Siobhan.

Instead of following along with his teasing, Siobhan rolled her eyes at her husband. “Now is not the time for joking, my love,” she said, patting his knee as though he were a disobedient child. From what Avery had observed of the newlyweds, they quite frequently treated each other as though they were disobedient children. He didn’t want to think about how that likely extended into their bedchamber.

He cleared his throat, adjusted the way he sat in his chair near the fireplace, and took a sip of tea before going on. “It was disgraceful, and the Sperrins’ behavior made me deeply happy to have asked for Maeve’s hand. I cannot wait to remove her from that difficult household and to help her establish one of her own.”

“I am very proud of you, brother,” Angeline said, treating him to one of her angelic smiles as she smoothed a hand over her round belly. “And so happy that you have finally decided to settle and perhaps begin a family of your own?” She lifted her brow and blushed. “Little Bernard and this one would be so happy to have cousins to grow up with.”

“One thing at a time, my dear,” Avery said, his face heating. For all he knew, he might have granted his sister’s wish the night before. He hoped there would be more time for him and Maeve to enjoy each other intimately before the inevitable children, though.

“It seems to me that, before your lovely

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