To Pleasure a Lady
“I think I owe it to Marcus for frustrating him so.
—Arabella to Fanny “What in blazes has come over you, Marcus?” Heath demanded after nearly being skewered by a flurry of angry thrusts during their Monday morning fencing session at Marcus’s London town house.
Halting his ferocious attack, Marcus lowered his foil and stood breathing heavily.
From the sidelines, Drew stepped forward. “Why don’t you call it a morning, old man? You are bloody dangerous with that blade.”
Marcus raked a hand through... his hair. “My apologies, Heath. I should not have taken my frustrations out on you.”
“How good of you to realize it,” Heath drawled before adding more seriously, “I wish to hell you would find a cure for your ailment. You have been acting like a wounded wolf ever since you returned to London.”
“I know.” His mood had been foul since parting from Arabella, despite his fiendishly intense bid to work off his frustrations.
“Why don’t you simply throw Miss Loring over your shoulder and carry her off somewhere?”MoreLess
—Arabella to Fanny “What in blazes has come over you, Marcus?” Heath demanded after nearly being skewered by a flurry of angry thrusts during their Monday morning fencing session at Marcus’s London town house.
Halting his ferocious attack, Marcus lowered his foil and stood breathing heavily.
From the sidelines, Drew stepped forward. “Why don’t you call it a morning, old man? You are bloody dangerous with that blade.”
Marcus raked a hand through... his hair. “My apologies, Heath. I should not have taken my frustrations out on you.”
“How good of you to realize it,” Heath drawled before adding more seriously, “I wish to hell you would find a cure for your ailment. You have been acting like a wounded wolf ever since you returned to London.”
“I know.” His mood had been foul since parting from Arabella, despite his fiendishly intense bid to work off his frustrations.
“Why don’t you simply throw Miss Loring over your shoulder and carry her off somewhere?”MoreLess
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