Viscount Vagabond
“Still, Lord Rand had action in mind, and that action required her assistance.
“Lead him on?” Catherine echoed in bewilderment when he began to describe her role. “Are you drunk yet?”
Her partner bit back a hasty retort. “You can’t get information from Browdie unless you speak with him, which means you have to be more welcoming than you’ve been. Looking at a man as though he was something the horse left behind isn’t the way to elicit confidences. You have to be more encouraging. You may ...even have to dance with him.”
Whatever indignant response Catherine might have made to this is lost to posterity, the dance at that moment inconsiderately requiring that they separate.
As he watched her move away, Max decided that the rose silk gown became her nearly as well as the militant light flashing in her eyes and the faint flush of anger that tinted her cheeks. Something stirred within him and he grew edgy.MoreLess
“Lead him on?” Catherine echoed in bewilderment when he began to describe her role. “Are you drunk yet?”
Her partner bit back a hasty retort. “You can’t get information from Browdie unless you speak with him, which means you have to be more welcoming than you’ve been. Looking at a man as though he was something the horse left behind isn’t the way to elicit confidences. You have to be more encouraging. You may ...even have to dance with him.”
Whatever indignant response Catherine might have made to this is lost to posterity, the dance at that moment inconsiderately requiring that they separate.
As he watched her move away, Max decided that the rose silk gown became her nearly as well as the militant light flashing in her eyes and the faint flush of anger that tinted her cheeks. Something stirred within him and he grew edgy.MoreLess
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