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His body propelled by a strange, furious energy, Gareth took off even faster His ar, and his shirt would surely be forever soiled with sweat, but he didn’t care He was going to catch that bloody woman before she entered her house, and when he did…

Hell, he didn’t knohat he was going to do with her, but it wasn’t going to be pretty

Hyacinth skidded around the last corner, slowing down just enough to glance over her shoulder Her mouth opened as she spied him, and then, her entire body tensed with determination, she took off for the servants’ entrance in the back

Gareth’s eyes narroith satisfaction She was going to have to fumble for the key She’d never h to atteait into a stalk

She was in for it now

But instead of reaching behind a brick for a key, Hyacinth just opened the door

Bloody hell They hadn’t locked the door behind them when they left

Gareth vaulted into another sprint, and he almost made it

Almost

He reached the door just as she shut it in his face

And his hand landed on the knob just in time to hear the lock click into place

Gareth’s hand forainst the door More than anything he wanted to bellow her name, propriety be da to be held even sooner, which was his aim, anyway

But he supposed sorained in a entleman to destroy her reputation in such a public manner

“Oh, no,” heback to the front of the house, “all destruction shall be strictly in private”

He planted his hands on his hips and glared up at her bedrooain