![]() ![]() ![]() Because of Evelyn he was between mistresses, so no woman would be crying about missing him from her cold bed.Īs for friends, he really didn’t have any left. His servants were used to him vanishing for several days without a word, and he’d just made an appearance in Parliament, so no one would begin to miss him there for weeks. Whatever lesson she’d meant to teach him about desiring a stubborn, devious virgin, he hadn’t learned.įor a time he’d considered what she’d said, about the consequences if he never reappeared in Society again. ![]() She’d kidnapped him, probably concocted the entire plot, and he still lusted after her. “Idiot,” he muttered into the darkness, the sound hollow and dull in the small room. What little sleep he’d managed had been interrupted by restless dreams in which he took his vengeance on Evelyn Marie Ruddick’s naked body again and again, until he awoke aching and hard. Neither did he know how long he’d been awake, though it seemed like hours. ![]()
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