When Love Leads To Scandal (The Townsbridges, #1) by Barnes Sophie

Author:Barnes, Sophie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novella, Novella Series, Townsbridge, When Love Leads To Scandal, Scandal, best friend's girlfriend, heir, Regency, Regency Romance
Publisher: Sophie Barnes
Published: 2019-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHARLES WAS RESTLESS. There was no other way to describe it. Not when he found himself pacing his bedchamber floor at odd hours of the night because sleep refused to claim him. Christ! He could not get Bethany out of his head, and the more she lingered, her lovely face etched on his brain, the more he imagined, and the more he imagined, the more he wanted... Her. Right there. On his bed. Naked.

Arousal ignited, heating his blood as it burned through his veins. He muttered a curse and fought the images away, of Bethany sprawled out beneath him, of the sensual moans she would utter as he teased her into a frenzy. God, she’d be spirited with her lovemaking, he just knew it. The sort of woman who raced after bonnets, laughed with abandon, balanced her way across stonework as she’d done at the ruin, and leapt with joy when she beat him at skipping stones, would be nothing short of glorious in bed.

He glanced at the piece of furniture on which he now longed to show her pleasure. His arousal grew and with it his discomfort. She was a lady and he was a scoundrel for having such lecherous thoughts. Deliberately, he shifted his mind toward her and Robert, to the fact that he, not Charles, would have the pleasure of climbing into Bethany’s bed and making her his.

His desire withered and faded, scattering about him like wilted flowers. He was torturing himself by thinking this way, and to what end? What good could it possibly do?

Unsure how to answer that question, he dressed and went to the stables where he borrowed a horse. He couldn’t run away. Honor would not permit it, but perhaps a brisk ride would help.

When he returned to the stables later, clouds were starting to gather, turning the sky a depressing shade of gray. He handed the horse over to one of the grooms and then walked back to the house, arriving in the front drive at the same time as a carriage. The vehicle stopped, the door opened and Robert stepped down.

“Charles!” Robert strode forward to shake Charles’s hand, adding a pat on his back for good measure. “I’m finally here, thank God! You will not believe the week I’ve had. I trust all is well and the guests are enjoying themselves?”

Charles gave a slow nod. “Your absence was barely noticeable,” he told his friend dryly.

“Good.” Robert smiled. Charles’s sarcasm was clearly lost on him. He grabbed a satchel from inside the carriage and started toward the house as if his delayed arrival required no further address. Charles fell into step beside him, curious to discover how things would unfold when they entered. “At least I managed to finish my negotiations. Mr. Brown, the cotton mill’s owner, is quite the haggler. Getting him to agree on anything proved a challenge, but I am now pleased to inform you that I own forty percent of the business.” He opened the front door and stepped into the foyer.

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