Only An Earl Will Do
“They cantered down the row, the smell of leather and the sound of pounding hooves always a soothing balm.
At the end of the track, they slowed their horses just as a party of three rode onto the row. Elizabeth had written to Henry asking him to meet her here by chance, and he’d not disappointed her. It seemed too long since she’d seen last.
She urged her horse abreast of Isolde’s as they walked toward Henry and his cousins. He looked up when he noticed her; the small grin only for her t...o see left a fluttering in her stomach. Elizabeth smiled at each of them, but the glower from Miss Andrews said more than words that their meeting in the park wasn’t ideal for the woman.
“Good afternoon, Lord Muir, Mr. Andrews, Miss Andrews,” Isolde said, as they pulled up their horses.
“Good afternoon,” Henry replied. “A lovely day for a ride, is it not?”
Elizabeth shifted on her seat, impatient to get the niceties over so she could speak with him alone.MoreLess
At the end of the track, they slowed their horses just as a party of three rode onto the row. Elizabeth had written to Henry asking him to meet her here by chance, and he’d not disappointed her. It seemed too long since she’d seen last.
She urged her horse abreast of Isolde’s as they walked toward Henry and his cousins. He looked up when he noticed her; the small grin only for her t...o see left a fluttering in her stomach. Elizabeth smiled at each of them, but the glower from Miss Andrews said more than words that their meeting in the park wasn’t ideal for the woman.
“Good afternoon, Lord Muir, Mr. Andrews, Miss Andrews,” Isolde said, as they pulled up their horses.
“Good afternoon,” Henry replied. “A lovely day for a ride, is it not?”
Elizabeth shifted on her seat, impatient to get the niceties over so she could speak with him alone.MoreLess
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