Sleepless in a Scandal by Devon Eva

Author:Devon, Eva [Devon, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Regency
Publisher: Eva Devon
Published: 2019-08-06T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

It was remarkable how quickly one could be married when one was a cousin to the Bishop of London. They’d had to wait until quite late in the evening but William had been able to get the license with satisfactory swiftness.

From the time he had left her to the time he’d come back to collect her had been less than twelve hours and, in that time, he’d managed to acquire something just for her.

The coach rumbled to a halt before William’s townhome, the last vestiges of the summer sunset falling behind London’s ever present, smoke-tinged sky.

He glanced over at his wife.

Wife!

By God, he could scarcely believe it. Despite any reservations he might have held, in her presence now, he felt certain that he’d made the right decision.

Felicity was a beautiful and intelligent woman. A woman who would give him beautiful and intelligent children.

She’d been calm and capable during the hasty ceremony. Once again, she’d carried herself off with admirable aplomb as though their marriage had been planned from the cradle.

He quite liked that about her. There was no silliness to her. No fainting fits. No feminine alarm.

In many ways, she reminded him of a man.

Well, not too much like a man.

Her body was decidedly feminine but the way she looked at the world was so much more. He had a strong suspicion her father’s education had done that. And he found himself wondering if all ladies might be so much more if given the chance.

The coach door swung open and he jumped down then held his hand out for her.

She took it again, no wavering, and followed him out.

With little evidence of any nerves, she lifted her violet-blue gaze to his home. She smiled.

“You like it?” he asked, surprised to find that he cared.

She nodded. “Indeed, I do.”

It was, in fact, a palace that had been built some hundred years before. But many nobles these days were choosing modern new homes either in Regent’s Park or west towards Hyde Park.

He guided her up the steps and into the foyer.

The butler, Sims, waited for William’s things and he bowed, gaping slightly.

It suddenly occurred to him that he had not sent message to his mother or the servants what he had been up to this day.

In fact, he had left Felicity this morning in such an absorbed state that he had thought of nothing but her and his impending marriage all day.

Which was not like him at all. How had such a thing occurred?

Obsession was not a trait he was given to. But he had forgotten entirely about everything but her as he’d gotten the license and arranged for her gift.

When he had been home to change, his mother and sisters had been out.

He suddenly realized he might have made a very bad mistake.

William turned towards his bride who was beaming, ready to tell her that he had been foolish but then he recalled that his mother and sisters were out again. They had likely departed some time ago for the Countess of Wystead’s ball.

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