The Lords of Scandal Row: A Regency Romance Collection by Samantha Holt

Author:Samantha Holt [Holt, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Helstone Press
Published: 2024-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“We need to discuss Leo.” Adam paused in the doorway to the study and smirked. “And whatever is happening here it seems.” He gestured broadly at the desk in front of Alex.

Alex set down the quill and leaned back in his chair. Across the desk, unfinished and unread letters were spread over the surface. He usually had estate business down to a fine art, especially considering he hired only the best to aid him with it, leaving him enough time to escape the duties of a marquis at a moment’s notice. Today, however...and well, yesterday and the day before and he supposed the day before that, he had struggled to even finish a letter discussing issues as simple as cows.

He grimaced. He had struggled ever since kissing Lucy.

“What about Leo?” Alex asked.

Adam strode into the study, glanced outside the door and shut it swiftly. “He’s acting strange. You must have noticed he keeps slipping off after dinner to goodness knows where.”

Alex pinched the bridge of his nose. “A woman?”

Adam lifted his shoulders and snatched the chair by the window, dragging it across the floor with a screech that made Alex wince. “What else could it be?”

“I wonder if Mrs. Jones has noticed.”

“Think she’s spying for Mother?” Adam dropped into the chair, made a space amongst the debris on the desk and lifted his feet onto it, leaning nonchalantly back in the chair.

“Could be.”

In which case, Alex’s promise to his mother had already been broken. She would know of the kiss Mrs. Jones had interrupted. She might also know Lucy had fled immediately after said kiss, all flustered and utterly unwilling to talk.

He ground his teeth together. Whilst Mrs. Jones might be willing to inform their mother of all their comings and goings, she was no gossip, and she would certainly never ruin a lady’s future over a simple kiss. If that was the case, she’d have had all of them married off as boys because they certainly did their share of kissing when they were younger.

But it seemed Lucy did not care to listen to him tell her that. She had been avoiding him ever since. No more visits to the house, no more impromptu hill climbs, and she darted away when he spotted her in town—twice!

“I think we need to talk to him.” Adam laced his fingers behind his head. “And you need to tell me what this is all about.”

“This is work, Adam. I know you are not familiar with it,” Alex replied dryly.

“This is a mess.” He removed his feet from the table and picked up a letter, reading from it. “Mr. Lowe, I was pleased to receive your letter about the cows at Haystack Farm. Indeed, I think we can...” He looked to Alex. “I think we can what, Alex? You cannot even finish a letter about damned cows.”

He waved a dismissive hand. “I got distracted.”

“For all your travelling, you have never been one to neglect your correspondence.”

Alex narrowed his gaze. “This is not neglect.”

“You are distracted,” his brother pointed out.

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