Mandy
“He had suddenly lost the ability to draw on his usual calm and logical self.
“Hell and damnation”, he cursed out loud. “This is not like me.”
Mandy had him fairly winded. There was nothing for it but to admit to himself that he was completely and totally and forever in love with the sprite of a woman. She was wild to a fault. She was impulsive and heady. She was her own woman and proud of it. No missy airs for his gamine, oh no. He could see her leading a charge, taking on the established rules and identifying their faults. That was his Mandy and by God, he loved her.
He had been in a fury of jealousy and he knew it. He had wanted to shake her, kiss her, and shake her again for what Sir Owen had implied, because of the picture Owen had left in his mind.
He now saw as he brought his temper in that he had behaved like a cad. He had been doing nothing but behaving like a cad.
He had broken his rule and made love to an innocent, something he had sworn never to do. Intolerable because he w...as also her guardian.MoreLess
“Hell and damnation”, he cursed out loud. “This is not like me.”
Mandy had him fairly winded. There was nothing for it but to admit to himself that he was completely and totally and forever in love with the sprite of a woman. She was wild to a fault. She was impulsive and heady. She was her own woman and proud of it. No missy airs for his gamine, oh no. He could see her leading a charge, taking on the established rules and identifying their faults. That was his Mandy and by God, he loved her.
He had been in a fury of jealousy and he knew it. He had wanted to shake her, kiss her, and shake her again for what Sir Owen had implied, because of the picture Owen had left in his mind.
He now saw as he brought his temper in that he had behaved like a cad. He had been doing nothing but behaving like a cad.
He had broken his rule and made love to an innocent, something he had sworn never to do. Intolerable because he w...as also her guardian.MoreLess
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