To Wed a Scandalous Spy by To Wed a Scandalous Spy (v1.5)

To Wed a Scandalous Spy by To Wed a Scandalous Spy (v1.5)

Author:To Wed a Scandalous Spy (v1.5) [Spy, To Wed a Scandalous]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-24T00:09:44.891000+00:00


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The footman opened the door for Nathaniel, back at Reardon House in time for dinner, and he entered the dining room. His mother sat in her customary spot at the great mahogany table, reigning over those present with queenly enjoyment.

"Sit, sit, Nathaniel. Sir Danville's supper must not be kept waiting another minute." She waved Nathaniel to a chair, smiling.

The smile must have been for the benefit of company, for Victoria hadn't given him a real one in years. He gave her a sardonic nod, then glanced to the other end of the table, where he expected to see his father's empty seat.

Basil smirked at him from his father's chair. "Do sit, Thaniel. Your little bride is quite bereft without you."

Perhaps it was the rage that coursed through him at the way Basil had preempted his father's place. Perhaps it was the way that his mother smiled at Sir Danville while her own husband lay dying. Widowed, wealthy Sir Danville, who had paid her flattering attention for years.

Or perhaps it was just as Myrtle had said, that he was the most thickheaded man in the world, but it was not until he had taken his seat at the table that Nathaniel truly took notice of Willa.

She sat across from him in voluptuous splendor, with creamy flesh spilling from her neckline and a soft waterfall of hair flowing down her back. She smiled at him, her gladness to see him unfeigned. She seemed a haven of warmth in the cold room.

Indeed, she looked wonderful in blue.

He wanted to leave this place with Willa, to ride the roads with her alone again. How could he tell her that here, surrounded as he was by people who shunned him whenever possible?

And then he knew.

She'd always claimed that she could tell what he was thinking. Maybe she would read him now.

He caught his country miss's eye and smiled slowly, until something hot began to burn behind her gaze as well. He let his gaze heat as he remembered her nude curves glazed in firelight. She responded as if reading every thought in his head.

Her eyes grew wide and dark. The flush that warmed her face now was one not of an overwarm room but of answering passion.

They sat, gazing into each other's eyes, reliving their journey and the wild places they had gone, both in nature and within themselves.

Nathaniel ignored Victoria's indignant sniff and Daphne's hurriedly changed subject and even Myrtle's gleeful little chuckle.

All he could hear was the way Willa's breath came fast between her parted lips, and all he could see was how secret knowledge thrust the curtain of insecurity from her gaze.

He wanted her, more than ever before. He dared not stand to take her from the table now. His erection was monumental, trapped within his tight breeches, and he had no wish to embarrass her.

And he knew that they could go no further until she had spoken to the Bishop.

It would cost him. Oh, how it would cost him to wait and give her the freedom to choose him or reject him.



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