Sari Robins by When Seducing a Spy

Author:When Seducing a Spy [Spy, When Seducing a]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“What the devil’s the matter with you?” Bills exclaimed the next day as the two men walked to the society for the Enrichment and Learning of Females. “You’ve got your head so high in the clouds I couldn’t even reach you with a kite! What’s on your mind?”

“Nothing,” Heath lied, his thoughts filled with the memories of Tess’s head thrown back, her cries of passion, and the feel of her body wrapped around his. Though he’d bathed, her scent still lingered in his nostrils like a heady perfume, and her sweet taste made his lips feel branded by her kiss. His body thrummed with the need to have her again, to mark her as she’d marked him.

He’d never experienced anything like this, where the coupling haunted him like a dream from which he couldn’t wake. And Lord, how he didn’t want to wake from this luscious fantasy! This morning life had kept encroaching on Heath in the form of his manservant, his messages, his breakfast, when all he’d wanted to do was lie in his bed reliving the fantasy of Tess. But to the rest of world, this morning was the same as every other morning when Heath had risen at dawn ready to attack the day.

What was happening to him?

And was she similarly affected?

“I beg to differ.” Bills intruded on his thoughts once more. “You’re acting like a lovesick pup.”

Glaring at a reckless hackney driver, Heath scowled. “I am not! I haven’t mentioned Tess the entire afternoon!”

Satisfaction flashed in Bills’s perceptive gaze. “So you admit it. Lady Golding has caught your eye.”

“She hasn’t caught anything of mine.” Heath kicked at a stone in the walkway. Had she caught him? Ensnared him like a fly in a web?

“I’ve been known as a bit of an observant fellow a time or two, and what I’m seeing is quite fascinating.”

Heath licked his lips, trying not to be distracted by the memories. “What are you observing?”

“You’re preoccupied, short-tempered. The only time you perked up was when I suggested we go to the society for females. And I wonder who it is you wish to see?”

Heath’s cheeks warmed as he veered his eyes from Bills’s shrewd gaze. “It’s very simple, I didn’t sleep well last night.” Oh, the dreams he’d had…

“But yesterday were closing arguments in the Blumenthal trial and not only did you not attend, but you didn’t even ask about it!”

Heath blinked, shocked that he’d missed it. He wasn’t required to be at the trial, but he’d made a point of being present at every notable case. To see what was happening and to be seen. It was politically prudent and kept him in the forefront of any news. How had he missed that?

“I think Lady Golding has gotten under your skin,” Bills surmised.

Evading a mangy dog, Heath increased his pace. “Bollocks.”

“You’ve no better answer than that?” Bills inquired, stepping up quickly alongside him. “The great orator finding no words?”

“Shut your trap, Bills.”

Waving his cane, Bill flashed a gratified smile. “I’m just glad you’re finally realizing that Miss Whilom isn’t the lady for you.

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