A Heart Deceived
“All heads turned toward him. He’d been pleasantly surprised to find Miri still at Harper’s. Evidently, however, the small assembly was even more astonished at his entrance. But something other than surprise crossed the face of the primp-dressed man next to Miri. The curl of his lip and squint of his eye read wounded pride and … murder? Ethan snorted. Why would the little toady yell at Miri and then face him with unbridled rage? Amusing, in a twisted fashion.“This is no lady I address.” The man’...s tone was pinched, like a toddler who had been told no for the first time. He cast a dark glance at Miri. “She is a trifling strumpet of the worst kind.”Ethan’s amusement vanished. His pulse quickened, and he stepped forward, straining to keep his words even and calm. “You may apologize now.”“Bah! Who do you think you are?” The skinny man looked him up and down. “You’re no better than she, you raggedy blackguard.”Tension hung heavy, thick and sticky as the mess on the floor.MoreLess
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