One Whispered Plea (Singular Sensation Book 9) by Sandra Sookoo

Author:Sandra Sookoo [Sookoo, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Independence Books
Published: 2024-08-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

May 18, 1818

Barrington House

Mayfair, London

Charity battled against a bad case of nerves, for this was her first society event in far too many years and the first time she officially appeared in public with the viscount as his wife.

Or at all. Before the ceremony, she stayed inside his townhouse while he went about his business, and this felt all too different.

To say nothing of the fact that he’d bedded her the night before but was gone by the time she woke in the morning.

Every thought in her head whirled, spun around like a pinwheel. When one thought vanished two others formed to take its place. Why had he done it? Was it merely a reaction to what had happened to her father’s butler or their hasty nuptial ceremony? Was it possible he was as out to sea emotionally as she? Why hadn’t he wanted to talk about what had happened between them? She wasn’t embarrassed, but he might have been. After all, wasn’t he the one who kept telling her he didn’t want to be involved with another woman?

There was no way to know unless they both wished to talk about their pasts and lives before meeting each other. But were they close enough for that? Regardless of whether they were married or not. At least she hadn’t failed quite so badly at being a woman after last night.

Over the years, she’d learned to take the small victories whenever she found them.

“You are lovely tonight, Charity,” Michael whispered against the shell of her ear as they stood in the corridor. As of yet, they hadn’t gone into the drawing room where the main portion of the rout was being held. “I adore that color on you.”

Heat infused her cheeks, for he didn’t need to try so hard to be charming. That trait was inherent in everything he did, and he had already married her. “It is the same gown I wore for our nuptial ceremony.” There hadn’t been time to engage a modiste.

“I am aware of that, but I think it lovely just the same.” When he touched a gloved hand to the small of her back, tingles shivered down her spine. “It is one of those gowns that might look better on the floor near a bed.”

“What?” Charity gawked at him. Was he truly flirting with her? Because of what they’d done together last night? Or was he simply making conversation, saucy thought it might be?

“You heard me,” he continued in a barely there whisper.” With a wink, he gave her a grin that had butterflies dancing through her lower belly. “And in the event you think I didn’t heartily enjoy myself last night, I can assure you that if I had to do it all over again, I still would have made the same overture.”

“Because we are married?” It was his right, after all.

“No, because I wanted to, and I’m not such an ogre that I don’t feel something for you.”

“Oh.” That made her feel a bit better.

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