Teatime with a Knight by Kit Morgan

Author:Kit Morgan
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Time travel
Published: 2020-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

ALDRICH WALKED THROUGH THE GARDENS, thinking. He’d speak to Duncan, of course, tell him everything. He was the one who’d encouraged him to spend time with Tory – and a fine kettle of fish that turned out to be! He didn’t know whether to shake Duncan’s hand or punch him in the nose. Had His Grace known all along how hard he’d fall, how easily? He didn’t know his heart could reach such a state of affairs, but obviously Duncan had.

What galled Aldrich the most was that his friend’s matchmaking attempt had worked, with him nary lifting a finger! He hoped that little piece of gossip (albeit true) didn’t reach Kent too soon. He wouldn’t have a moment’s peace – everyone would begin to inquire about a wedding. And poor Tory, how would she fare when word got out?

If word gets out, old chum, his brain countered.

“It most assuredly will,” he replied aloud. “Servants aren’t ones to keep silent.”

But Duncan can be counted on to keep them silent …

Aldrich stopped his aimless stroll and sat on a nearby bench. After a brief battle with his pride and thinking of the odd pairing of Duncan and Cozette, he was open to the idea of a match between him and Tory. Devil take the ton and what they thought. If Duncan could manage, so could he. Besides, Cozette’s ways were far stranger than Tory’s. People expected an American to be a little wild, even the rich ones. America had no landed aristocracy like Britain.

But she was a tutor, a governess – though she didn’t attend any of the institutions in England to become one, she would be recognized as such after working for the duchess. That was something he should’ve realized before giving credence to the notions Duncan put in his head.

Did Aldrich believe in love at first sight? No, at least not the kind that hit you between the eyes and made you want to die without the other person. But he did believe in taking a second look, not to mention a third, and now he was lost. In just days, his initial intrigue had turned into something much more powerful, deep and (God help him) permanent. He didn’t think he could ever get the woman out of his heart, despite their short time together. He might as well have been hit between the eyes first thing.

But realizing he’d lost his heart to her so quickly wasn’t the current problem. What was, was that Tory didn’t believe he could, or, judging by her words, that she could. So what to do?

He watched a honeybee fly toward a bed of yellow roses. “Time,” he said to himself. “She says she needs time.” He rested his elbows on his knees and clasped his hands together. Fine, he could wait. But would gossip? He knew someone had to have seen them in the garden – soon word would get out. Tory feared losing her position, that was obvious. If he told Duncan what he’d done and had been witnessed, the duke would naturally insist he do the honorable thing.

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