Running Into Temptation (Bancrofts of Barton Park)
“Her uncle the admiral has said she returned to Bath, though I did think it most odd that she would leave without talking to me.”Mrs. Smythe held up her gilded teapot with a simpering smile. “More tea?”
“Thank you, Mrs. Smythe. You are very kind.” Captain Bartholomew Whitney smiled affably at the silly Mrs. Smythe, even though inside he could feel his temper kindling. He had come so far to find Melanie Harding, all the way to this dismal little village, only to find she had already flown away.
H...ow could she have escaped him already? And just when he discovered she had an uncle who might be a wealthy admiral?
“I must say I am most disappointed to hear I cannot see dear Miss Harding,” he said. “We were such friends in Bath. Yet it seems even her uncle does not know what has really become of her.”
He took an obligatory sip of the insipid tea as Mrs. Smythe fluttered her handkerchief at him. Friends—yes, that was one way to put it. When he had kissed Melanie behind a screen at the assembly rooms, he’d only been looking for a diversion during a dull time in the watering place before his regiment was posted elsewhere.MoreLess
“Thank you, Mrs. Smythe. You are very kind.” Captain Bartholomew Whitney smiled affably at the silly Mrs. Smythe, even though inside he could feel his temper kindling. He had come so far to find Melanie Harding, all the way to this dismal little village, only to find she had already flown away.
H...ow could she have escaped him already? And just when he discovered she had an uncle who might be a wealthy admiral?
“I must say I am most disappointed to hear I cannot see dear Miss Harding,” he said. “We were such friends in Bath. Yet it seems even her uncle does not know what has really become of her.”
He took an obligatory sip of the insipid tea as Mrs. Smythe fluttered her handkerchief at him. Friends—yes, that was one way to put it. When he had kissed Melanie behind a screen at the assembly rooms, he’d only been looking for a diversion during a dull time in the watering place before his regiment was posted elsewhere.MoreLess
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