The Swan Sisters: (Happily Ever After) by Jillian Eaton

Author:Jillian Eaton [Eaton, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

Icy wind swept across Annabel’s cheeks and snow seeped into her ankle boots, but she was too filled with joy to notice.

One hundred pounds!

In a little over two hours, they’d collected one hundred pounds for the less fortunate. It was nothing short of a miracle, and every woman in the caroling brigade had an extra bounce in their step as they walked through the middle of Grosvenor Square.

Always the leader–whether she realized it or not–Lynette was in front of their small group, while Annabel, Delilah, and Temperance had fallen to the back.

“My voice is completely hoarse,” Temperance remarked, although the bright smile on her face said it had been well worth the effort.

“Mine is as well,” Delilah croaked.

“I am perfectly fine,” said Annabel. In truth, she felt better than fine. For the first time in nearly two weeks, she actually felt like herself again! Just thinking about all of the families they were going to help filled her with a wonderful sense of euphoria. Nothing could spoil her good mood. Nothing except–

“Wait.” Delilah stopped so suddenly that Temperance ran into her.

“Watch where you’re going!” Temperance complained. “I am cold enough, thank you very much! I do not need to eat the snow on top of having it inside my boots!”

“Be quiet,” Delilah whispered, “and look. Over there. By that building.”

“What are we looking at?” Temperance demanded.

“Not what,” said Delilah. “Who.”

Even before she turned her head to follow the direction of her friend’s gaze, Annabel felt a sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach. Her worst fears were confirmed when she looked at the tea shop Delilah was pointing at…and saw who was standing in front of it.

Lucas O’Brian.

Even if he weren’t staring straight at her, she would have recognized him anywhere. They may have only been in each other’s company for a few short hours, but it had been enough time for her to memorize the width of his shoulders, the height of his frame, and the arrogant cant of his head. And his eyes…even from across the street, they beckoned her. The stormy gray just as vivid as she remembered.

Without thinking, she stepped off the pavement, but before she’d gone more than a foot Temperance and Delilah were there to haul her back.

“What are you doing?” Temperance hissed in her ear. “You cannot see him now. Everyone will notice!”

“They will,” Delilah agreed with a solemn nod.

“I don’t care if they do.” Vehemently shaking her head from side to side, Annabel refused to tear her gaze away from Lucas. He was dressed all in black except for a red scarf wound around his neck. The same red scarf he’d worn on the day they’d met. Sans hat, his ebony hair blew in the breeze, sweeping up and off his temple to reveal the piercing intensity of his gaze as he continued to stare at her. As if she were the only woman in all of London.

Temperance’s exasperated sigh sliced through the cold air. “If you are going to take a secret lover, at least meet him in secret.

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