Page 36 of Charming the Accidental Suitor
“Felicity.” Albright was next to her, and Felicity looked up at him.
She instantly wished she hadn’t. The sight of him hurt. Which was ridiculous.
Ridiculous, but true.
The sight of his warm brown eyes, filled with concern, the furrowed brow and the lines at the edges of his eyes…
When had his face become so familiar and so…sodear?
It made no sense and it was not fair. Had she not been through enough today? Did he really have to look at her like this right now?
“If you’ll excuse me…” She began to edge around him. “I fear the events of today have made me….”
She didn’t finish.
She couldn’t.
Tears were stinging the back of her eyes and making her throat swell shut. So she did the only thing she could…
Felicity ran.
She didn’t make it far, obviously. Albright caught up to her and blocked her path, his hands on her arms.
She waited for his ire, braced herself for the angry lecture to come.
And then she waited some more.
When she finally looked up she found he was studying her, his eyes taking in every feature as if he were reading a book. “Please,” she said. “I’d just like to go home.”
He hesitated but then nodded. “I’ll take you.”
She wanted to argue. The last thing she wanted was to be alone with Albright.
He might not have shouted at her, but he was angry, and no doubt disappointed in her.
The thought stung, but what made it worse was that she cared.
She’d always prided herself on not minding what others thought, but here she was fretting about his good opinion, absurd thoughts creeping in as he led her toward the door. Thoughts like,Ann never would have done something so reckless.
His wife would never have been so brazen.
What did it matter if she did not live up to sweet, charming Ann or his angelic wife?
She’d never wanted to. So it was fine. Just fine.
They were nearly out the door when noises broke out behind them. Everson was struggling as the men informed him of all they’d overheard. In short—his confession.
“We heard it all,” one of the men said.
All? Felicity doubted it. But they’d likely heard enough to put him away for a very long time.
Everson would no longer be a threat to her uncle.
So there.
That was something.
Wasn’t it?
