The Charming Spy by Cheri Champagne

Author:Cheri Champagne [Champagne, Cheri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cheri Champagne
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

If they pressed on, they would reach London by the supper hour, for their frequent change of gigs ensured each horse was fresh and rested, thus allowing them to make excellent time for the journey. Bram knew that Rose grew weary, however, and Lord knew they were both famished.

Having her so close beside him as he drove the gig was eternally distracting. He was hard all over: his muscles tense with desire and the optimistic appendage in his breeches springing to full attention with each of her movements and wholly arousing noises. Despite the wind at his front, the horse leading them, and the dust of travel, he would swear that he could still smell her fresh orange scent. And it drove him nigh into madness with lust.

Bram kept hearing Miss Violet Wilkinson’s words in his ears. She is not a maiden. Miss Wilkinson had recovered from her slip well enough, but Bram suspected that she spoke the truth about her sister. There was only one true method to learn the veracity of the statement, but despite Bram’s burning desire to have Rose in his bed, he knew that he mustn’t.

She was under his protection.

He was on assignment.

And he was a sodding spy.

He must bring her, unsullied, to her aunt in London.

The sound of running water caught his attention over the din of the horse’s hooves, and he steered the animal off the road toward it. They could use a moment of respite, and a source of fresh water would do quite nicely. They bounced along through the tall grass at the side of the narrow road and into the thick of the trees. He would hate for the gig to become stuck, but it would be unwise for them to leave it on the road for Hale’s men to find. They hadn’t a choice.

Beside him, Rose clutched Dog tighter while the hand nearest him gripped his thigh for balance. The heat of her small hand upon his leg brought his erection roaring back, and he stifled a groan. It was sweet torture, indeed.

The copse of trees became increasingly dense, scarcely able to admit their gig, until it opened into a bright clearing before a small pond. Water trickled down a short rock face and into the rippled pool. Birds chirped and whistled among the trees surrounding them as other creatures scurried about along the forest floor. A dragonfly flew before the horse’s ears, causing them to twitch. This is an ideal spot to rest, he mused. Indeed, he could not imagine a more tranquil setting.

Bram pulled the gelding up short, and Rose’s hand slipped slowly from his thigh. With a hard blink, he turned to her. His heart jumped to his throat. She gazed in awe at their surroundings, a hint of a smile upon her lips and the colour high in her cheeks. The sudden urge to turn her sigh of contentment into a moan of desire quickened his breath. Damn, but this woman turned him into a solid mass of need.

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