Taking the Spinster (The Kidnap Club Book 3) by Samantha Holt

Author:Samantha Holt [Holt, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Helstone Press
Published: 2020-08-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Guy paced to the window, paused and peered out at the dark streets then paced back to the fireplace to warm his hands over the flickering flames. The sun had set a good hour ago and dinner would be in another hour. Miss Haversham knew that. So why had she not returned home?

Home? He stared sightlessly at the painting above the mantelpiece. This was not her home, and with how her mother’s health was improving, she would be leaving soon. A heavy weight settled in his stomach at the thought and he shoved away from the carved marble fireplace with a huff. He had no claim to her, no reason to be concerned over where she was. He wasn’t her father, her husband or even her lover.

By God did he want to be, though.

He gritted his teeth, paced back to the window and squinted into the night. Lamps glowed at intervals along the road, highlighting the occasional pedestrian and setting his heart racing then dropping when he realized it wasn’t her.

He couldn’t deny it. He wanted her. Every inch of her. Just the recollection of kissing her made him hurt. But the trouble was, he wouldn’t be the one to be hurt if they continued. Well, perhaps his ego would be, but no woman could manage him, of that he was certain. Amelia hadn’t been the only encounter like that, though hers had been the worst because he had been convinced she loved him and would be willing to try. If his bloody fiancée didn’t want him to bed her, no other woman would, and he wasn’t willing to hurt Miss Haversham for the world.

The door inched open and he jolted around. “Brown,” he said, unable to keep the disappointment from his voice.

“I take it Miss Haversham is not yet home.”

“She has not returned to my house yet, no,” he corrected.

Brown’s lips flickered then moved into a sharp, straight line. “She will be home for dinner I am certain, my lord. The girl hardly seems the disordered sort.”

“It hardly matters. She can go hungry if she really wishes.”

“Of course, my lord.” The butler’s lips did that odd little quirk again.

Guy sighed and stared down the butler. “What do you want, Brown?”

“Oh, nothing at all, my lord. Just wanted to see if Miss Haversham was with you.”

“Well, as you can see, she is not,” he said irritably. “Now cease your prying and go do whatever it is butlers do.”

“We only run the entire house, my lord. Nothing much.”

“I shall tell Mrs. Bellamy you said that,” Guy warned him. “See if she agrees.”

“If you wish, my lord.” He ducked his head and backed out of the room.

Clenching his jaw, Guy turned his attention to the window once more. Damn the man. He found it entirely amusing for some reason that he had taken in Miss Haversham and her mother. Was he such a bastard that he would usually ignore such pleas for help? He would have done it for anyone, naturally.

Brown had little idea of his involvement in The Kidnap Club, but the man knew him well.

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