Wagers and Wallflowers 08 - Daring With the Rogue by Clarke Alyssa

Author:Clarke, Alyssa [Clarke, Alyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance - Historical
Amazon: B0B9FM6M2C
Publisher: Darkan Press Inc.
Published: 2022-08-10T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

I have more self-respect to not deliberately compromise a man who is not interested in me. If Lady Pippa only knew what she did to his famed control. The one his friends normally mockingly admired because he had visited a bordello with them and not been tempted to indulge even when the most sensual woman was splayed before him. As evidenced by the night before he traveled down to Hertfordshire. Despite the many offerings, he had not taken any lady to bed on that occasion or since becoming acquainted with Lady Pippa. He was more than damn well interested in the chit. She had stolen something he had not planned to hand over, his bloody control and sanity, for she crept into his damn dreams every night and teased him with possibilities he had never before considered.

The ache in his shoulder grew unrelenting, tugging him from thoughts he’d rather not analyze. The sofa was damnably uncomfortable. William growled at the ceiling, wishing he had decided to traverse through the storm and see if he could have Pippa rescued from his cottage. The lumps beneath his back and shoulders reminded him that he should have changed out this sofa instead of holding onto it because of sentimentality. His feet dangled uncomfortably over the edge, and there was no space for him to turn and relieve that damn pain traveling along his shoulders.

Even though he had implied that they would share the single bed when it had been time to retire, he had allowed her to sleep alone to preserve her modesty and sensibilities. Every instinct warned him that he should not share close sleeping quarters with the delectable lady. Though at times she acted beyond the bounds of propriety, the lady blushed so sweetly and the artless way she had responded to his kisses informed William of her true innocence. He also liked her far too much. Many ladies who had taken such a nasty spill from their horses would not have remained so unflappable. William quite enjoyed her testy nature and her spontaneous and uninhibited temperament. What he felt toward her went deeper than mere physical attraction. He was irresistibly drawn to her lovely nature, and there was nothing he could do to deny its pull. It was simply what it was; however, even though that pull existed did not mean that William had succumbed to his attraction to the little minx.

Perhaps he should have taken the floor. Surely that would be a damn sight more comfortable than this. Cursing beneath his breath, he launched from the sofa and padded toward the front door. Opening it, he found the path to the cottage awash. Hartford Hall was built on higher ground than the cottage, so William doubted that they were inconvenienced in any way. There were only inches of water, but he guessed that the nearby stream had burst its banks, and as the road to Hartford Hall dipped, it was probably too dangerous to try and attempt the journey.

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