Reckless Desire by Tarah Scott

Author:Tarah Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 2018-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

An hour later, Kenna seethed over Lord Newhall’s tyrannical attitude. What made the man think he had the right to give her orders? In truth, it wasn’t his commanding tone that truly bothered her, but his judgement of her. She shouldn’t care. She didn’t care. He was just so maddening.

She strolled alongside Mister Davis on the garden path. The rest of the group walked ahead of them, no doubt whispering about her earlier encounter with that man, and now her walking with Mister Davis.

It had been too much to hope that Lord Wilshire would attend the luncheon. Aside from him being the perfect candidate for her plan to embroil herself in a scandal, she burned to prove to that man that she didn’t need his advice. Unfortunately, she had no idea when, or even if, she would ever see Lord Wilshire again. She simply couldn’t wait for a time she might run into him.

Mister Davis was a sweet young man who would easily fall into her trap. A slight pang of conscience struck. Would he be hurt when he realized that she’d only led him on? Nae, she was being silly. He wouldn’t fall in love with her. The next beautiful woman who crossed his path would make him forget her. All she had to do was get him to take a walk with her in the arboretum. They would be caught kissing, and the scandal would be enough to induce Lady Chastity and Sir Stirling to send her home. She half wished Lord Newhall would be the one to discover her in a compromising situation with the young man. That would teach him a lesson.

Good Lord, she was the one who had gone daft.

“We had better catch up with the others,” Mister Davis said.

Her heart fell. The worry in his voice was genuine. She couldn’t use him to fulfill her plan. Why hadn’t Lord Wilshire attended the party?

Mister Davis cupped her elbow and quickened their pace toward the bend around which the others had already passed. Rustling in the bushes to the left and behind them caught her attention. They started to turn toward the sound. Mister Davis cried out, then crumpled to the ground. Kenna jerked her gaze from his motionless body to the large man who stood behind them. She opened her mouth to scream, but he yanked her to him and clapped a meaty hand over her mouth.

Her heart leapt to a frantic rhythm. She clawed at the hand. He lunged toward the bushes. Kenna jammed her eyes shut and threw an arm across her face. They burst through the foliage. She snapped open her eyes. The brute was striding toward the trees bordering the garden.

Tears stung. He meant to rape her. Her head swam. This couldn’t be happening. Who was he? How did he get into Miss Davenport’s private garden? Kenna thrashed and kicked. Her heel struck his leg shin. He growled and tightened his arm around her waist.

She clawed his face. He released her mouth and seized her hands.

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