Scoundrel in My Dreams: a Rousing Regency Romance by Celeste Bradley

Author:Celeste Bradley [Bradley, Celeste]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Celeste Bradley
Published: 2024-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

Colin tapped on the door to Melody’s nursery. Aidan was waiting out front with the carriage and Jack was ... well, Colin wasn’t quite sure where Jack was. He did have a tendency to disappear lately. When Colin had thought Melody was really Jack’s daughter, he would have made a joke about the apple dumpling not falling far from the tree.

Pain twanged through him. He heard Pru call out to enter and he pasted a grin on his face as he opened the door, even though he didn’t feel much like smiling.

Pru was just finishing up setting Melody’s hair ribbon to rights. Her eyes were only a little red, but her nose nearly matched her flaming hair. Still, she managed to put a bright smile on her face when she turned Melody around to inspect her.

“There. You look good enough to eat, Mousie-love.”

Colin leaned a shoulder against the door frame. “She looks like a doll. Do you think lace is a good idea for an outing?”

Pru shot him a reproving look as she straightened the bow on the back of Melody’s tiny frock. “I don’t want anyone to think we haven’t been taking proper care of her,” she said carefully. “If you find this N-a-n-n-y person, and she tells us where to find her m-o-t-h-e-r, then you’ll be grateful that she looks so nice.”

“Goodness,” Colin murmured. “I only meant that with three men looking out for her this afternoon, there’s no telling what she might spill on the dress. I suspect that our hindsight is always better than our foresight in these matters.”

Pru stood and dusted her hands briskly. “Don’t feed her anything sticky or wet. Or brown.”

Colin grimaced. “Not a problem. I’ve no taste for anything like that.”

Pru gave a damp little laugh. “Caramels. Chocolates. Pork pies.” Her laughter grew much damper all of a sudden. She dropped her face into her hands and turned her back.

Colin shooed Melody out of the chamber. “Go find Cap’n Jack, Mellie. He’ll take you down to the carriage.” Then Colin took his wife into his arms and held her while she shed the tears she’d been fighting all day.

“I don’t want her to — to goooo!”

“Of course not. None of us want that.”

She sniffled. “Your bloody Jack does. He’s not upset at all!”

Colin blinked. “My bloody Jack is practically the walking dead, remember? It will hit him later, and then he’ll get a jolly good brood out of it. Years, probably.”

She sniffled again. “You think so?”

Colin pressed her away to gaze down into her lovely, blotchy face. “Are you saying that you’ll be glad that he’ll be devastated later?”

“Am I?” Her face crumpled slightly. “I think so. I’m a terrible person.”

“Yes, you are.” He pulled her close again. “An absolute harpy.” He dropped a kiss onto her crown of fiery hair. “I married a demon.”

When she punched him in the ribs, he laughed, but the sound that came from him was a little damp as well.

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