It Happened Under the Mistletoe: a Holiday Novella
“He’d been reading the paper, clearly indicating he didn’t relish company and he’d just swallowed the last bit of his poached egg when the lady slid into the seat across from him.
“Good morning, your grace,” she said in a gratingly pleasant voice.
How did that woman manage to make his honorific sound dirty? He fought the urge to grind his teeth and eyed her warily. Lady Kinsey had been good-looking in her day, no question. But now she wore a bit too much rouge and, if rumors were true, she was a... bit too free with her favors with men who were not her husband. “Good morning, Lady Kinsey. I was just about to—”
Lady Kinsey leaned over the table, affording him a more than ample view of her aging breasts. She lowered her voice to a hiss-like whisper. “Please tell me you’re not serious about that Blake chit.”
The paper nearly dropped from his fingers. He clenched his jaw. “Pardon?”
“Why, she’s no more qualified to be a duchess than the parlor maid.”
Oliver savagely twisted the sides of the paper in his fists.MoreLess
“Good morning, your grace,” she said in a gratingly pleasant voice.
How did that woman manage to make his honorific sound dirty? He fought the urge to grind his teeth and eyed her warily. Lady Kinsey had been good-looking in her day, no question. But now she wore a bit too much rouge and, if rumors were true, she was a... bit too free with her favors with men who were not her husband. “Good morning, Lady Kinsey. I was just about to—”
Lady Kinsey leaned over the table, affording him a more than ample view of her aging breasts. She lowered her voice to a hiss-like whisper. “Please tell me you’re not serious about that Blake chit.”
The paper nearly dropped from his fingers. He clenched his jaw. “Pardon?”
“Why, she’s no more qualified to be a duchess than the parlor maid.”
Oliver savagely twisted the sides of the paper in his fists.MoreLess
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