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“I have none,” he said with a touch of regret

She chuckled, shaking her head in aue! Keep your mouth to yourself”

Noas her voice that see

He scrubbed a hand over his face She was right He was acting the rogue If he wanted her, he should damn well court her Except he wasn’t certain he wanted her beyond the raw, physical attraction he felt

He should be treading with caution; instead he was being reckless Scowling at his undisciplined reactions, he bowed, turned and left the library before he did sohts of consequences or of tomorrow

Chapter 7

Holliwell Manor was a rounds The house built to replace a less prestigious building was elegant and classical in design Each elevation was rounds were equally splendid, although the forardens could not be seen at their best at this time of year as feers blossoine it as a riot of colors in sumods and goddesses, would be surrounded by leafy bowers and exotic flowers

There were pretty walks through the woodland interspersed with several well-placed gazeboes and some accurate recreations of ruins The house had a wonderful conservatory and several greenhouses where fruit and flowers could be grown out of season And despite the grandness of the estate she could not seem to escape the viscount He shadowed her every move and he did it in such an innocent manner it appeared a coincidence But Callie knew better He did not trust her to leave their parents alone to find each other

A sinking sensation formed in the pit of Callie’s stomach There really was no way to convince hiand i Surely people would start to think his behavior peculiar Worse, she did not want to think about the way he had kissed her in the conservatory and then last night in the library

The rogue was getting bolder and she would be a liar if she clai wicked had blooht Callie had drea ravished and held in the viscount’s wicked eainst the et the viscount

She gave her head a swift shake before her thoughts took her any farther down that scandalous and wantontheir hearts with each other Not the impossible attraction she felt for thebilliards with Mr Tho Lord Sherbrooke spied her, he had abandoned the eous! And worse, she blushed like a silly azes collided

The ered in the air once they looked at each other She swore every tiard that wicked knowledge shone from him, and she would become warm and out of sorts in so many wretched ways

A panting Letty hurried over to her “It is done! Mama is now by the lake, and I slipped the note beneath the earl’s door Surely he will meet her there soon”

“Hush,” Callie said, glancing to see how close the viscount stood

She did not turn around, but she anticipated Viscount Sherbrooke to be right behind her