The English Lieutenant's Lady (Regency Romance Book 2) by Ava Stone
Author:Ava Stone [Stone, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4760-7931-8
Publisher: Ava Stone
Chapter 14
Tristan walked out onto Levertonâs back lawn and immediately his eyes found Phoebe. Her head was tipped towards Amelia Mooreâs and the two of them giggled as though theyâd been friends all their life and not just the half an hour of their acquaintance. She could brighten any gathering, just her presence.
âAh,â Philip said, limping towards Tristan with his cane. âI heard you were here.â
Tristan pulled his eyes from Phoebe to Philip and smiled at his friend. âMy sister is begging for Ameliaâs and Phoebeâs company in your blue parlor. Clayworth says she can entertain them there if sheâll sit still.â
Philipâs brow rose in amusement. âAnd she agreed to that?â
âWell, it was that or remain in her bed all day.â
Philip nodded. âI can see why she took that deal then.â His attention turned back to the crowd assembled on his lawn. âDid Russ come with you?â
Tristan snorted. âNo. He tasked me with seeing to Miss Greywood today while he engages in his own entertainments.â
Philip tilted his head towards Tristan. âBlackmailing you with something?â
âHeâs treated her so shabbily, I didnât put up much of a fight.â His eyes once again sought out Phoebe. The sun made her hair shimmer with red and gold, and the breeze slightly lifted her tendrils from her face. What he wouldnât do to run his hands through her silken tresses.
âYou always were the noblest of the Averys.â
Hardly that. Tristan shrugged. âI donât have a lot of competition for that title, do I?â After all, Russell was a scoundrel of the first order and Greg had hardly been honorable throughout most of his life.
âYouâre one of the most noble men I know,â Philip protested.
But a noble man wouldnât lust after his brotherâs fiancé. A noble man wouldnât have fallen in love with his brotherâs fiancé. Tristan was far from noble. âIâm sure Iâm rotten to my Avery core just like my brothers.â Then before his friend could ask him to explain that comment, Tristan said, âExcuse me, will you?â and crossed the lawn to where Phoebe and Amelia were still conversing.
Upon his approach, Phoebe looked up. Her blue eyes met his gaze, making his breath catch in his throat. She seemed to catch hers at the same time, and for the briefest of moments, Tristan wondered if it was possible that she could ever feel for him the way he did for her.
âLieutenant.â Phoebe smiled, which was rarely the case when she looked at him, and he felt it all the way to his soul.
âMiss Greywood, Mrs. Moore.â He nodded his head in greeting. âMy sister is begging for your company in the blue parlor.â
âOh!â Phoebeâs face brightened even more. âThank you.â
Amelia linked her arm through Phoebeâs and grinned at Tristan. âIâm certain you found her well.â
âWell enough.â
âMeaning Clayworth was vexing her?â
Tristan shook his head. âI dare say, Amelia, you will find Philip even more vexing when you are in a similar state.â
A slight blush stained the blondeâs cheeks. âWell, I hope so.â Then she tugged Phoebe back towards the manor house, the two of them giggling like the silliest of schoolgirls.
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