THE BEST MARQUESS: Wickedly Wed #2 by Nicola Davidson

Author:Nicola Davidson [Davidson, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Finn yawned and stretched, rotating his ankles until they clicked before rolling onto his side and burrowing further into his pillow. He and mornings had never been friends, and today he felt particularly reluctant to get up, after having the best sleep of his life.

Because you are wedded and bedded!

All the events of the previous day—and night—crashed into his brain and his eyes flew open. “Pippa?” he said, bolting upright in the bed that would forever be enshrined as a sacred location of two momentous first-time events: feasting on England’s sweetest pussy and losing his virginity.

“Over here.”

At the sight of his wife curled up on a chair in front of a stoked fire, quill in hand and a piece of parchment balancing on a book, hot color flooded his cheeks. He was officially the worst husband in history; bedding her then falling asleep without so much as a kiss goodnight or an offer to fetch a warm washcloth. What kind of man did that?

Finn bowed his head. “Viscount Knighton pleads guilty to multiple crimes, your honor. Messiness, allergy to mornings, and neglecting his new wife after a most magnificent evening. He is utterly repentant and hopes very much to atone.”

She snorted. “The court concedes mitigating circumstances. Anyone who has to manage lawyers, bankers, physicians, the Archbishop of Canterbury, a seriously ill father, a tearful mother, and my villainous grandmother, may rest without prejudice.”

“But I didn’t take care of you properly.”

“You took care of me in a most satisfactory fashion. One might almost say…very well,” Pippa replied, her cheeks pink. “Besides, I like to wake early and attend to correspondence. I’m just writing to Lilian with all the details of the wedding.”

“All the details?”

Pink darkened to scarlet. “I’ll save the juiciest gossip for when we take tea. If my sister applauds next time she sees you, you’ll know why.”

He nodded, although his cheeks were probably the same shade. No, darker. “Gabriel and I have made peace with the fact that you share a great many details. So, you are…well?”

“Under interrogation I might admit to being a bit tender in certain places. But I will freely declare hunger. It would be a good idea to feed me before I start gnawing on the furniture.”

Relieved to have a task to make up for his shocking lapse in hero behavior, Finn climbed out of bed and grabbed his heavy silk robe from the iron hook nearby. “Tea and toast? Or something more substantial? In all honesty I think I could empty the larder. It won’t be a storm or an earthquake London hears, but my stomach.”

“Something substantial. I am partial to sliced ham and coddled eggs. Oh, and sautéed potato. Toasted bread with butter and marmalade. And, ah…a pot of chocolate.”

He grinned. “That’s all?”

“It’s a trifle early for caramels,” she replied pertly.

“Blasphemy.”

Finn tugged on the bellpull. When a maid arrived, he requested a breakfast tray, then returned and sat down next to Pippa. Somehow, she looked even more beautiful this morning, with her hair unbound and rumpled, wearing just her spectacles, chemise, and a blue dressing gown.

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