Portraitofpassion (2013)
“Henry asked as they rode side by side from the park to his town house on Berkeley Square.
“To what are you referring?” Simon asked, although he suspected he knew. His body tensed in anticipation of his cousin’s answer.
“In the park, after the race,” Henry replied. “I looked back to find you standing very close.”
“Were we?” Simon hoped that was all he had seen.
“I couldn’t quite see around that great beast she rides, but you both appeared absorbed.”
Simon relaxed back into his saddle.
“Hmm, I’m ...not sure what you mean,” he answered. “We had stopped at one point while she checked her mount, he seemed to have developed a slight limp, but it proved to be uneven ground.”
Henry looked over at him with open skepticism.
It would not do at all for Henry to have witnessed that interlude. She had said that they were not lovers. Plain as day, she had spoken the words.
“I think you are a man who needs to be shocked.”
And she had shocked him, repeatedly. Beatrice, for that is how he now thought of her—she could never be Miss Morgan again—had been subdued as they rode back to the entrance of the park.MoreLess
“To what are you referring?” Simon asked, although he suspected he knew. His body tensed in anticipation of his cousin’s answer.
“In the park, after the race,” Henry replied. “I looked back to find you standing very close.”
“Were we?” Simon hoped that was all he had seen.
“I couldn’t quite see around that great beast she rides, but you both appeared absorbed.”
Simon relaxed back into his saddle.
“Hmm, I’m ...not sure what you mean,” he answered. “We had stopped at one point while she checked her mount, he seemed to have developed a slight limp, but it proved to be uneven ground.”
Henry looked over at him with open skepticism.
It would not do at all for Henry to have witnessed that interlude. She had said that they were not lovers. Plain as day, she had spoken the words.
“I think you are a man who needs to be shocked.”
And she had shocked him, repeatedly. Beatrice, for that is how he now thought of her—she could never be Miss Morgan again—had been subdued as they rode back to the entrance of the park.MoreLess
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