The Duke's Deceit
“she breathed, tears pearling her thick lashes. “Richard, are you hurt?”
“No.” He drawled the single word as evenly as he could against the biting teeth of rage that were gnawing his guts to shreds.
Curling up in one fluid motion, he towered over her and looked around him with eyes that were aware for the first time. “I’m fine,” he added softly, studying her fawn eyes for answers.
What a wonderful actress she was! He’d had snares set for him by the most cunning women of the ton, and ...the ladies of the demimonde were forever at his heels, but never had any of them demonstrated such skill.
When had she realized what a plum had dropped into her lap?
For the first time in this charade she played, she reached out to touch his cheek, her eyes wide and deep navy with fear. “Are you sure you’re all right? You … you look different somehow.”
The touch of her gentle fingers fed the flames of his anger.MoreLess
“No.” He drawled the single word as evenly as he could against the biting teeth of rage that were gnawing his guts to shreds.
Curling up in one fluid motion, he towered over her and looked around him with eyes that were aware for the first time. “I’m fine,” he added softly, studying her fawn eyes for answers.
What a wonderful actress she was! He’d had snares set for him by the most cunning women of the ton, and ...the ladies of the demimonde were forever at his heels, but never had any of them demonstrated such skill.
When had she realized what a plum had dropped into her lap?
For the first time in this charade she played, she reached out to touch his cheek, her eyes wide and deep navy with fear. “Are you sure you’re all right? You … you look different somehow.”
The touch of her gentle fingers fed the flames of his anger.MoreLess
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