Page 68 of Her Infuriating Duke

“I did, but you don’t need to worry. As I said, any secret you might have is always safe with me.”

“Thank you. If this got out…” Amber trailed off.

“Don’t you worry about that; just get going. You don’t want to keep him waiting any longer than you already have, I’m sure.”

“Thank you,” Amber said again then started to make her way to the door.

“Any time,” Felicity called after her.

Amber couldn’t believe she had gotten so lucky.

The second she stepped outside, she was shocked by just how cold it still was.

Amber frowned, making her way over to the stables a short distance away. She could only hope this wouldn’t derail things too much.

When she was finally shut inside, she let out a sigh of relief. “Finally,” she sighed. “That wind is something else.”

“I would have thought you’d still want to keep your voice down at the moment,” Christopher called.

Amber jumped, a small yelp escaping her lips.

He smirked, walking down the aisle of stalls. “Surprised to see me?”

“I didn’t say that!”

“Then why were you so startled?” Christopher asked, coming to stop in front of her.

“I knew you were going to be here, but that doesn’t mean I expected you to be lurking in the dark.”

“Lurking? I was just standing there waiting for you.”

“Then why didn’t I know where you were until you said something?”

“I don’t know, but probably because you weren’t paying attention if I had to guess.”

“I was!”

“If you were, then you would have had no problems spotting me. I was standing in plain sight.”

“Why do I doubt that?”

“I don’t know how you think we’re going to go forward with this plan if you can’t trust me!” he said in mock hurt.

She rolled her eyes. “I’m here. Can we just get this over with?”

“I would love to, but it isn’t like we can just force them to show up. We need to wait for the right moment.”

“And you really think this is going to work? That we just need to wait here and let them catch us talking?”

He smirked, and Amber felt warmth shoot up her spine, “Don’t play naive. We both know we need to let them think there was more than that going on.”

She crossed her arms, avoiding his eyes. “So what are we going to do?”

To her surprise, he held out his hand. “Come with me. I know just the spot for us to put your plan into action.”

Amber hesitated, her heart pounding in her chest so hard she was worried it might find a way to escape.

Still, she didn’t want to just stand there, so she forced herself to take his hand.

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