Sinfully Ever After (Book Club Belles Society) by Jayne Fresina

Author:Jayne Fresina [Fresina, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-01T23:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

As they raced along the road, she tried wresting the reins from his hands, to take control of the horse, yelling at him that he would kill them both with his reckless driving.

“Enjoy yourself for once, woman,” he shouted, tugging the reins away from her and laughing. “Don’t you ever have fun?”

“Fun?” she cried. “I have had it several times but found that the jollities invariably conclude with someone’s eye being poked out or a terrible case of indigestion.”

He made a disapproving clicking sound with his tongue. “You’re a young woman, for pity’s sake! You should be enjoying yourself, not fussing over your father and brother as if they’re your children!”

“I do no such thing!”

They were racing along now, struggling over control of the reins.

“You’re hiding from life, missy. Hiding behind your father and brother. Hiding from your true self and your own passions.”

“If you don’t stop this horse at once, I’ll—”

“Trust me, for pity’s sake! I know how to drive a horse and gig. I’ve raced many times. Do you think I’d put you in danger?”

But she wasn’t listening. She was still stuck on something else he’d said. “Hiding, indeed! At least I don’t run away from my troubles! I don’t run away for a dozen years when life gets challenging!”

Her words did not quite sink in all at once, for Luke was partially distracted by a lock of hair caught across her lips and the warmth of her gloved hands on his bare knuckles.

Fortunately, he heard a warning rumble and retrieved the presence of mind to swerve rapidly. The larger vessel coming around a bend at reckless speed made no move to avoid them, but Luke smartly veered to the verge.

The small gig bumped hard over the verge. Disaster was narrowly averted, but the right wheel groaned and buckled, leaving them tilted at a treacherous angle over the ditch.

“Now look what you’ve done!” Rebecca cried, her bonnet dislodged, her body half hanging out of the seat. Even as she shouted, a wheel strut snapped, dropping her side of the gig another few inches.

Luke jumped down and then stopped to recall his injury. Feeling her furious gaze fastened upon him, he grabbed his cane and limped around the back of the damaged gig to help her out. “If you hadn’t been fighting me, we wouldn’t have ended up like this. Let that be a lesson to you.”

With her bonnet, she was still swiping at his shoulders and hands—and anything she could reach—resisting his attempts to help her down, when the larger vehicle stopped just a short way on and one of the passengers looked out to observe the scene of the broken gig and the yelling woman.

“Is that Miss Sherringham’s voice I hear? Miss Rebecca Sherringham?”

She finally stopped beating him with her hat and looked over at the very smart black coach.

Luke also looked.

A young man in shiny boots stepped down and trotted over, grinning. “I thought I recognized that pretty hair. Miss Sherringham, how lovely it is to see you again.

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