Some Like It Scot (Scandalous Highlanders book 4)
“Since the platter of scones on the sideboard was still fairly full, he would hazard a guess that Bear hadn’t yet risen. Potato scones didn’t survive long when Bear was about.
After another few minutes of unexpected and unusual quiet, he turned in his chair to face the redheaded butler standing behind him. “Did ye ferget someaught, Cooper?”
“M’laird?”
“The newspaper, Cooper. I ken it’s nearly a week old by the time it gets here, but I do like to know what’s afoot south of Hadrian’s Wall.” He shouldn’t have had to explain it; after all, he’d been reading the London Times every morning for better than the past decade.
“I couldnae find it this morning, m’laird,” the butler returned, his jaw clenching. “I’m certain it arrived last evening with the post, but this morning when I went to look fer it, well, it had gone.”
“Is Arran here?” His younger brother made for the most likely suspect, but Arran lived a half mile away at Fen Darach with Mary and young Mòrag and another bairn due just afte...r Christmas.MoreLess
After another few minutes of unexpected and unusual quiet, he turned in his chair to face the redheaded butler standing behind him. “Did ye ferget someaught, Cooper?”
“M’laird?”
“The newspaper, Cooper. I ken it’s nearly a week old by the time it gets here, but I do like to know what’s afoot south of Hadrian’s Wall.” He shouldn’t have had to explain it; after all, he’d been reading the London Times every morning for better than the past decade.
“I couldnae find it this morning, m’laird,” the butler returned, his jaw clenching. “I’m certain it arrived last evening with the post, but this morning when I went to look fer it, well, it had gone.”
“Is Arran here?” His younger brother made for the most likely suspect, but Arran lived a half mile away at Fen Darach with Mary and young Mòrag and another bairn due just afte...r Christmas.MoreLess
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