The duke thought this was amusing, judging from what his eyebrows did.
“Has he kissed her? Any of her parts? Or sent flowers to her?”
Argh. The misery. “I don’t know. She hasn’t told me. He hasn’t told me. And usually . . . well, Millicent and I tell each other everything. And I thought Harry told me everything, too.”
“If you haven’t told Millicent how you feel about Lord Harry, then you haven’t told Millicent everything, have you?”
Well, then. She was generally assumed to be clever, but in that moment she felt a fool. He had an excellent point. She hadn’t dreamed Harry harbored a tendre for Millicent; she’d floated along in the comfortable certainty of friendship.
“I’m afraid all of this is rather evident. To me. Otherwise, you are exceptionally inscrutable and I’m certain not a soul suspects,” he humored. Suppressed laughter in his voice.
She scowled darkly at him. “And isn’t that just my good fortune that you should notice and choose to torment me with it.”
He laughed. Admittedly, he had a fine laugh, deep and genuine. She sensed he didn’t do it easily. She liked the sense that she’d surprised it from him.
And therein lay his vulnerability. She could make him laugh.
She had another surprise for him. “Lord Moncrieffe, do tell me, since we’re speaking so frankly. What is your game?”
By Laura Lee Guhrke
SCANDAL OF THE YEAR
WEDDING OF THE SEASON
WITH SEDUCTION IN MIND
SECRET DESIRES OF A GENTLEMAN
THE WICKED WAYS OF A DUKE
AND THEN HE KISSED HER
SHE’S NO PRINCESS
THE MARRIAGE BED
HIS EVERY KISS
GUILTY PLEASURES
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Copyright © 2011 by Laura Lee Guhrke
Excerpt from What I Did For a Duke copyright © 2011 by Julie Anne Long
ISBN 978-0-06-196316-2
EPub Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780062041739
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