Page 14 of His Scandal
Alex kept his back to her until he could managean amused smile. “I already told you that I cannot be the servant where I was once the master. Besides, I want the opposite of what Spence wants. I always have.”
He didn’t confess that he had no idea what that was.
Emmeline strolled uncomfortably through their gardens with Blythe while she relayed the story of her visit to Thornton Manor. Every blossoming vine reminded her of the Thornton gardens, and how it had felt to have Sir Alexander’s hand on her arm, their shoulders brushing, her skirts folding around his legs. She almost couldn’t look at Blythe, so embarrassed was she by her reaction to a man her sister flirted with.
Blythe leaned against her and giggled. “Emmy, what indiscretion do you think Alex could have committed that would so irritate our queen?”
“It couldn’t have been much, if his mother knows about it, and the queen so easily forgives him.”
“If he is to be at Whitehall for the weekend festivities, that means he can be one of my dance partners again! Isn’t it wonderful that we were invited, too?”
Wonderful?Not if she had to spend all of her time keeping Sir Alexander and Blythe apart.
