Rake Most Likely to Sin by Scott Bronwyn

Author:Scott, Bronwyn [Scott, Bronwyn]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-03-10T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The captain wasn’t going to like this. Castor Apollonius’s secretary slipped from his hiding spot in the hillside and stretched his cramped limbs. He’d waited an extra half hour just in case the Englishman had come out of the house. The Englishman hadn’t. He didn’t expect the man would. As to what the Englishman was up to in there, the conclusion was obvious, even if he hadn’t witnessed (which he had) the long romantic dinner in prelude. There were only so many reasons a man went into a woman’s home this hour of night.

Whatever else the Englishman might be, he was definitely in bed with the captain’s lady. The two of them were bold indeed. The Englishman had barely waited after Castor had left town before hotfooting it out to her place. The secretary chuckled. For the Englishman’s sake, he hoped the sex was worth it because there would be hell to pay when the captain got back. Perhaps Patra Tspiras had forgotten what fear felt like, or what happened to those who displeased the captain. He would send out his report immediately with a rider in the morning. Once the captain heard the news, he would likely come back early.

The secretary pulled a small notebook from his pocket and took out a stubby pencil to jot down a few reminders. When it came to Patra Tspiras, the captain would want details.

* * *

The devil was in the details. Brennan moaned and stretched in the morning sun, his arm reaching across an empty pillow. That was detail number one. Patra was already up and moving. He could hear her in the other room. That was a first for him. He never slept the entire night with a lover. He was the first one up, the first one gone. It avoided messy aftermaths.

That he hadn’t been this morning was further proof as to how extraordinary the night had been. Their lovemaking had been more than a physical release; a part of him had not wanted to escape the aftermath and what it might mean. Never had he worked so hard, or waited so long, to seduce a woman as he’d waited for Patra Tspiras. He’d once talked a woman into bed within five minutes of meeting her. Compared to the days he’d laboured here, the latter seemed an eternity.

Now that it had happened, the comparison to other affaires seemed inept. This was no seduction. Seduction implied some sort of game, it required strategies and manoeuvres, none of which were truly in play here. What had occurred between him and Patra had been entirely natural and it was entirely new territory for him. He’d not lied when he’d said it would be a first for him, too. He was used to whores and courtesans with their tricks, bold women of the ton who had their own games they liked to play with a willing young man who gave them back their youth for a night. But not virtuous widows who loved

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