Unbefitting a Lady
“Whoever said absence made the heart grow fonder forgot to mention it made other parts grow harder. Two weeks of trying to avoid Phaedra hadn’t resolved anything. If yesterday’s heated altercation was anything to go on, avoidance had simply made things worse. It was time for a more direct approach.
There were other things he should be doing this afternoon. His trunk had arrived, finally, from the inn in Buxton and he needed to find a place to store it where it wouldn’t be noticed, most espec...ially where it wouldn’t be noticed by Phaedra. She was curious enough to look inside and that would be akin to opening Pandora’s box.
But he’d caught sight of her leading Warbourne to the indoor arena and after a half-hour of pretending he had no curiosity whatsoever about the progress she was making, Bram had given in.
There was a stable hand with her, a gangly young lad named Bevins, who was no more than thirteen. Bram could hear Phaedra giving Bevins instruction, her voice bordering on impatient.MoreLess
There were other things he should be doing this afternoon. His trunk had arrived, finally, from the inn in Buxton and he needed to find a place to store it where it wouldn’t be noticed, most espec...ially where it wouldn’t be noticed by Phaedra. She was curious enough to look inside and that would be akin to opening Pandora’s box.
But he’d caught sight of her leading Warbourne to the indoor arena and after a half-hour of pretending he had no curiosity whatsoever about the progress she was making, Bram had given in.
There was a stable hand with her, a gangly young lad named Bevins, who was no more than thirteen. Bram could hear Phaedra giving Bevins instruction, her voice bordering on impatient.MoreLess
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