Ruthless Charmer
“He was seated in a chair turned toward the great hearth at his club, sipping his usual port and languidly puffing on a cigar when he had the grave misfortune to overhear a snippet of what Sir Robert Clyde was loudly bragging. Having indulged in a half dozen too many brandies, Sir Clyde apparently did not know that Redbourne was sitting where he was, or else he would never have said what he did—that he, too, had once tasted the lips of Lady Claudia, and would have tasted all of her had they had ...but a moment more in the coach.
Shocked, Redbourne did not even realize he had dropped his port and come to his feet—his only thought was that Sir Clyde had just uttered the grounds of his own death warrant. And Redbourne would have called him out then and there, but his old friend Lord Hatfield intercepted him, pulled him away, and quietly told him of the tale that was circulating freely among the ton.
The news that Claudia had been caught in flagrante delicto at a Harrison Green affair had rendered Red-bourne speechless.MoreLess
Shocked, Redbourne did not even realize he had dropped his port and come to his feet—his only thought was that Sir Clyde had just uttered the grounds of his own death warrant. And Redbourne would have called him out then and there, but his old friend Lord Hatfield intercepted him, pulled him away, and quietly told him of the tale that was circulating freely among the ton.
The news that Claudia had been caught in flagrante delicto at a Harrison Green affair had rendered Red-bourne speechless.MoreLess
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