The Beauty Bride (The Jewels of Kinfairlie)
“Madeline shrugged. “A live husband suits me better than one drawn and quartered as a traitor.” He was not truly surprised that she had guessed the real reason for their sudden departure, but he did not answer her.
Her expression turned wry when he said nothing. “That is true for the moment, at least. You would do well to not labor so stridently to change my thinking. It occurs to me that you might have need of an ally other than Thomas.”
Rhys found himself smiling in admiration of her forthrigh...t speech. “Fair enough. I could endeavor to vex you less.” They shared a tentative smile, all the sweeter for how little he had expected amity between them again. “But in this moment, I have need of counsel. I would make for Glasgow.”
“Why?”
Rhys braced himself to deceive her yet again. “I have a friend there, whom I would visit before returning home.”
She did not believe him, he saw as much immediately. Indeed, Rhys suspected that there was not another woman in Christendom whose thoughts could be read so easily in her eyes as those of his new wife.MoreLess
Her expression turned wry when he said nothing. “That is true for the moment, at least. You would do well to not labor so stridently to change my thinking. It occurs to me that you might have need of an ally other than Thomas.”
Rhys found himself smiling in admiration of her forthrigh...t speech. “Fair enough. I could endeavor to vex you less.” They shared a tentative smile, all the sweeter for how little he had expected amity between them again. “But in this moment, I have need of counsel. I would make for Glasgow.”
“Why?”
Rhys braced himself to deceive her yet again. “I have a friend there, whom I would visit before returning home.”
She did not believe him, he saw as much immediately. Indeed, Rhys suspected that there was not another woman in Christendom whose thoughts could be read so easily in her eyes as those of his new wife.MoreLess
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