To Tame a Highland Earl
“He’d purposely stayed away from her room last night—a feat which had taken Herculean effort—but was fast regretting the decision. It was evening, sixty guests already milled about the ballroom while the orchestra played a Scottish reel, and he had yet to see his wife—or his mother.
He caught sight of his father entering the ballroom from the east corridor, which led to a massive sitting room for their party guests. Erroll had a feeling the guests would surpass the two hundred the ballroom could hold, and would spill into the sitting room. He strode toward his father, who had stopped just inside the ballroom.
“Good evening, sir. Have you by chance seen the ladies?”
“They arrived home two hours ago, and locked themselves in your mother’s chambers.”
“I suppose they will make an appearance when they’re ready,” Erroll said.
It seemed they were ready, for the three ladies entered the ballroom from the north entrance, and Erroll’s heart stopped. Eve wore a simple muslin gown adorned with exq...uisitely embroidered flowers sewn in cotton and silver thread with tiny gold sequins.MoreLess
He caught sight of his father entering the ballroom from the east corridor, which led to a massive sitting room for their party guests. Erroll had a feeling the guests would surpass the two hundred the ballroom could hold, and would spill into the sitting room. He strode toward his father, who had stopped just inside the ballroom.
“Good evening, sir. Have you by chance seen the ladies?”
“They arrived home two hours ago, and locked themselves in your mother’s chambers.”
“I suppose they will make an appearance when they’re ready,” Erroll said.
It seemed they were ready, for the three ladies entered the ballroom from the north entrance, and Erroll’s heart stopped. Eve wore a simple muslin gown adorned with exq...uisitely embroidered flowers sewn in cotton and silver thread with tiny gold sequins.MoreLess
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