Seasons: Four Victorian Romances by Laura Landon

Author:Laura Landon [Landon, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prairie Muse Books Inc.
Published: 2021-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

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“What did you think of the young girl Mrs. Rodgers found?” Hunter asked when she returned.

“She will do very well.”

“Good,” he said. “Please, have a seat. Will you join me in a glass of wine?”

At her nod, he rose and poured her a glass of wine then handed it to her.

She’d walked to one of the two wing chairs set before the fireplace. But before she sat, she looked out the window. He presumed she was checking once again for her brother. Unfortunately for her, the drive was empty. Hunter watched her shoulders drop as the lady breathed a heavy sigh of disappointment.

“I owe you an apology, my lady,” Hunter said as he took his seat in the chair opposite her.

“As I do you,” she answered, taking a sip of her wine. “I shouldn’t have spoken to you as I did. Although I have to admit that you were right when you said it might be best for us to avoid one another.”

“Why do you think that is?” he asked her.

At first Hunter thought she didn’t have an answer for him. But she did. From the expression on her face she was debating whether she wanted to share it or not.

“Go on, my lady,” he said as he relaxed in his chair. “Tell me why you think it wise of us to avoid each other.”

She took another drink from her goblet. “Perhaps because we seem to rub the wrong way.”

“Yes,” Hunter answered in a harsh whisper. “We do seem to rub the wrong way.”

“And the solution for this would be?”

Hunter shrugged his shoulders. “Perhaps there is no solution,” he said. “Perhaps we will only need to make an effort to tolerate each other as much as possible.”

“Yes,” she answered, then stopped when she seemed to hear a noise from the drive in front of the house. A noise Hunter hadn’t heard. She rose from her chair and went to the window, standing in the same spot where she’d stood the day before as she watched for her brother.

He didn’t want to remind her that they would leave in the morning whether this brother of hers was here or not.

She clasped her hands so tightly at her waist that her knuckles were white. Her muscles were braced so tautly he was sure if he walked up to her and pressed against her shoulders, the muscles beneath would shoot like springs from her flesh.

“Come and sit, my lady. Watching will do no good.”

She shook her head. “I’m fine.”

“What is it you’re so concerned over? That your brother won’t come and you’ll be left to face me alone?”

“He’ll come. I know he will.” She looked out the window yet again. “And even if he doesn’t, I won’t be alone with you. There’s Aunt Mildred, you know.”

Hunter walked to the window and stood beside her, though careful not to crowd. She didn’t notice him at first, and when she did, she jumped.

“Blast it all, what the devil is the matter?” he muttered.

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