Lord Atwood's Lovers. Eva Clancy
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“Because I needed to be alone with you, if only for a few moments. If I must dance for that privilege, I will do so.”
Remembering that oddly romantic speech, she smiled. People had been amazed. The notoriously cold Earl of Atwood had fallen in love, and in the most public way, throwing his natural reserve to the wind without hesitation. He had pursued her with a single-minded tenacity that had taken her breath away.
How could she have resisted such a courtship?
A soft knock at the door announced her maid. Higgins bore Imogen’s morning chocolate on a tray and while she sipped it, they discussed what she should wear. Higgins reminded her that Lord Radleigh was due to take her driving in the park this afternoon. She smiled at the thought. Radleigh was a long-standing friend, a notable whip and a considerable wit besides—she was looking forward to the outing.
“My new carriage dress, I think,” she said eventually. “His lordship likes me in green.”
Later, she would enjoy telling Charles all about her outing with Radleigh. While he removed her new carriage dress, of course.
* * *
The Honorable Alexander Lambert swallowed against his roiling stomach and wondered what had possessed him to agree to this outing. He should be lying in bed nursing his aching head and delicate gut, not trotting slowly through Hyde Park, his youngest sister prattling at his side.
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