Her Beguiling Butler
“Affirmed.
Alicia truly liked him. He grinned.
Enough to argue with her aunt about her choice of him. He scowled.
Christ. What a mess I’ve made of this. Too close to the mistress of the house, loving her companionship and laughter, all day long, reading Walter Scott and Jane Austen to her at bedtime.
He had to stop.
He whirled on his heel. He needed to walk, to think, to— “Yes, Preston? May I answer a question for you?”
The woman hung in the shadows of the foyer by the se...rvants’ stairs down to the kitchen. Had she seen him listening at the door?
He could assume nothing else. Preston was a nuisance, surly and mean-spirited to Mabel, Grimes and Mrs. Sweeting. None liked her save for Alicia. Odd, that.
“Well?” he prodded her.
Preston stepped forward into a shaft of sunlight.MoreLess
Alicia truly liked him. He grinned.
Enough to argue with her aunt about her choice of him. He scowled.
Christ. What a mess I’ve made of this. Too close to the mistress of the house, loving her companionship and laughter, all day long, reading Walter Scott and Jane Austen to her at bedtime.
He had to stop.
He whirled on his heel. He needed to walk, to think, to— “Yes, Preston? May I answer a question for you?”
The woman hung in the shadows of the foyer by the se...rvants’ stairs down to the kitchen. Had she seen him listening at the door?
He could assume nothing else. Preston was a nuisance, surly and mean-spirited to Mabel, Grimes and Mrs. Sweeting. None liked her save for Alicia. Odd, that.
“Well?” he prodded her.
Preston stepped forward into a shaft of sunlight.MoreLess
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