Royal Brotherhood 3 - One Night With A Prince by Sabrina Jeffries

Author:Sabrina Jeffries
Language: ron
Format: mobi
Tags: Sabrina Jeffries
ISBN: 9781416523857
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2006-06-26T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Occasionally, one of my old lovers would

rise up to haunt me.

—Anonymous,Memoirs of a Mistress

Christabel could scarcely breathe as Lord Stokely led her up the stairs. She’d never dreamed that the white-haired man in Philip’s study all those months ago had been Baron Stokely himself. She did remember overhearing Philip say, when she was outside the door, “She prefers Rosevine, and I prefer to have her here.”

Lord Stokely had answered something she couldn’t hear. But later when she’d asked Philip who he was, he’d told her the man was no one of importance. That’s why she’d assumed Lord Stokely was a creditor.

Philip had probably sold the letters to him that very day, blast him.

“I hope you’ll find your accommodations suitably comfortable, Lady Haversham,” Lord Stokely remarked, as soon as they were out of Byrne’s earshot. “You don’t mind being on this end of the house, Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html do you?”

“Wherever you put me is fine,” she murmured, unsure what to answer.

“I was surprised to hear that you and Byrne are…friends. Your late husband said that you shot at the man.”

She groaned. “Philip told you about that?”

“He mentioned it, yes. While he was explaining the reason for his dire financial situation.”

“The reason for his dire financial situation was his gambling. And though I acted in a fit of temper when Byrne came to collect on my husband’s debt, I did eventually realize that the person at fault was Philip, not Byrne.”

Byrne was right about that at least. Her husband had brought his own ruin upon himself.

“Still, Haversham told me you disliked society, especially society of Byrne’s sort.”

She managed a laugh. “That’s what he would have preferred, I’m sure.”

“I did wonder if he merely wanted to keep you to himself.” Laying his hand over hers, he stroked her fingers. “And now I understand why.”

She had to choke down a sarcastic retort. Was every gambler in England a randy devil? And why did Byrne’s flirtations heat her blood while Lord Stokely’s just made her want to laugh? Nonetheless, it wouldn’t hurt to remain on the man’s good side. “And nowI understand why my husband didn’t introduceyou .” She gave him a brazen smile. “No doubt he feared that your silver tongue would tempt me to…indiscretion.”

He cast her a speculative glance. “Is that the only reason he didn’t introduce us that day?”

Was he alluding to the letters? Did he really think she would admit to knowing that he had them? With a look of wide-eyed innocence, she said, “I can think of no other reason, can you?”

He searched her face, then said, “Not at the moment.” Then he halted before an open doorway leading into a spacious bedchamber. “Here we are, madam. I shall not keep you. Besides, we can talk more at dinner.”

Blast. She was hoping to beg off so she could search his room while the others dined. But clearly he expected her there, and she dared not rouse his suspicions by disappointing him. “I’ll see you then.”

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