NH04-06 - The Noble Hearts Series Box Set Books 4-6 by Hutton Callie

Author:Hutton, Callie [Hutton, Callie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Calibre-duplicates, amazon, Romance, historical
Amazon: B07SC4KQHS
Published: 2019-05-26T22:00:00+00:00

8

Morgan took a deep breath of the fresh air. Country air was so much better than London. At least in London at this time of the year it wasn’t quite as odorous as the summer months, but still not as pure and refreshing as this.

“Why are you smiling?” Phoebe asked him.

He turned to her, happy to have her by his side. “I thought the idea was for me to shake off my cold duke reputation. Make me more appealing to the ladies.”

She hesitated and raised her chin. “Indeed. Appealing to the ladies is exactly what we want to happen. After all, you need to find a wife.”

“Yes.” He was certain there was a bit of reluctance in her voice. Perhaps she wasn’t so very committed to helping him succeed in Society. Perhaps she was rethinking his marriage proposals to her. Or maybe he was merely wishing for something that had not entered her mind at all.

Their peace was shattered by a shrill voice. “Your Grace!”

They both turned as Lady Brenda, accompanied by her mother, hurried along behind them. He groaned which brought him a pinch on his arm from Phoebe. “Behave yourself.”

He murmured to her, “If I were truly misbehaving in the manner I wish to misbehave, it would involve you and we would scandalize the ton.”

Her raised brows and a slight flush to her cheeks told him she understood his meaning. He liked that he was able to rattle her with his comment and wished they could do something scandalous together. Instead, he came to a halt and sighed. “Lady Brenda is the very last person I hoped to see here.”

The ladies caught up to them. “How very fortunate you are attending this lovely gathering, Your Grace.” Lady Stevenson regarded him with such warmth one would think he was already her son-in-law. No chance of that happening.

“It is a pleasure to see you, Lady Stevenson.” He turned to her daughter. “And you as well, Lady Brenda.”

She stepped up right next to him, and he was forced to extend his other arm.

Lady Brenda leaned forward, a pinched look on her face. “So nice to see you, Lady Phoebe.”

Morgan was certain Phoebe was the last person Lady Brenda wished to see.

“You, as well, Lady Brenda.” Phoebe glanced over her shoulder. “Good day to you, Lady Stevenson.”

The four of them proceeded down the path with Lady Brenda chattering on about some nonsense while he wished her to perdition. He had hoped to have this time alone with Phoebe to move his courtship along. Every time he attended one of these events, the gleam in the young ladies’ eyes—as well as their mamas—had him terrified that one of them would catch him and he’d be shackled for the rest of his life to a woman he couldn’t tolerate.

Never having spent much time with his father growing up to have any sort of conversation, he now wondered if perhaps that was how his parents ended up married to each other. They certainly hadn’t shown any fondness between them.

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