Training Lady Townsend
“Arlington inclined his head to hers, nodding politely to her comments about this and that. Hunter couldn’t hear their conversation, but he was sure it was starchily polite and appropriate. His wife had been raised, after all, to show respect to dukes.
Hunter showed no such respect to August and Warren. “You might have sent a message first,” he said.
“Sent a message?” August snorted. “Why? Would you have told us not to come?”
No, Hunter wouldn’t have. In truth, he was pleased to see his friends,... but he wished they hadn’t shown up this particular afternoon. He had never before felt self-conscious among these men, his closest friends, but now he did. He worried they might somehow divine the way he and his wife had spent the last hour.
“Did you come into the woods in search of us?” Hunter asked with a carefully casual air.
“No, we were too busy ravishing your tea basket.” Warren laughed, then turned a speculative gaze back on him. “Why? What were you getting up to in the woods?”MoreLess
Hunter showed no such respect to August and Warren. “You might have sent a message first,” he said.
“Sent a message?” August snorted. “Why? Would you have told us not to come?”
No, Hunter wouldn’t have. In truth, he was pleased to see his friends,... but he wished they hadn’t shown up this particular afternoon. He had never before felt self-conscious among these men, his closest friends, but now he did. He worried they might somehow divine the way he and his wife had spent the last hour.
“Did you come into the woods in search of us?” Hunter asked with a carefully casual air.
“No, we were too busy ravishing your tea basket.” Warren laughed, then turned a speculative gaze back on him. “Why? What were you getting up to in the woods?”MoreLess
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