Winter's Wallflower (The Wicked Winters Book 8) by Scarlett Scott

Author:Scarlett Scott [Scott, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Happily Ever After Books, LLC
Published: 2020-10-21T22:00:00+00:00

The carriage lumbered slowly over the icy roads leading from Oxfordshire back to London. There could be no complaints about the quality of the carriage. The squabs were fashioned of silk and leather. The newness of the paint and the surprising lack of sound within as it rattled over treacherous roads suggested it had been recently built. The floor was lined with lush carpet, heated bricks laid at her feet for warmth. Venetian blinds covered the windows, allowing in the gloomy light of the winter’s afternoon. It was, Adele had to admit, lushly appointed and elegant.

But it was not any carriage in which she traveled. No, indeed. This was her husband’s carriage.

Adele was married.

Her father was going to have her hide. Her mama would swoon when word reached her in Cornwall, where she had gone to look after her own ailing mother. Her sisters Hannah and Evie would be shocked. And Max? She could only hope he would appreciate the sacrifices she had made to keep him safe and that he would change his ways.

Just as she could only hope Mr. Dominic Winter would prove a good husband.

A hysterical burst of laughter fled her.

There was a limit to her hope, and believing the darkly handsome man across from her could ever be a good husband, the sort she had once wished for herself, was laughable.

“Are you weeping or are you laughing, Duchess?”

Her gaze flitted from the window to settle upon the man she had wed. “Mayhap a combination of both.”

“I prefer your laughter to your tears.”

His solemn pronouncement took her by surprise. “I would think a man such as yourself takes pleasure in tears.”

“The tears of certain others, yes.” He cocked his head to the side, a small, almost boyish smile curling his sensual lips. “Your tears? Never.”

“And yet you forced me to marry you,” she reminded him. “I know what you did, making certain Lady Emilia and Mr. Winter would discover where you had gone at just the right moment to create maximum damage to my reputation.”

“I may have paid a servant.” He gave an indolent shrug.

“Bribed, you mean.”

He truly was a wicked man. Conscienceless, willing to cross any boundary in pursuit of what he wanted. And what he had wanted had been her. What she did not understand yet was why. Adele meant to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Soon.

“Why quibble over a word, Duchess?” His grin deepened.

“Why indeed? A liar is no better than a thief, is he?”

His lips twitched. “Are you calling me a liar or a thief, love?”

There was deceptive calm in his voice, his tone smooth and mellifluous. And yet, there was also an undeniable edge. He was mercurial, Dominic Winter. She could not begin to understand him, and that terrified her. Because she was forever bound to him now.

Still, she refused to allow him to see the effect he had upon her. She could be brave. All her life, she had been the quiet twin, the wallflower. She had proven to herself, however, that when the situation merited her efforts, she was stronger than she had ever known.

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