A Most Faithful Companion (Supposed Scandal #4)

A Most Faithful Companion (Supposed Scandal #4)

Author: Kasey Stockton Listening Length: 7h 39m
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She cannot afford scandal. He cannot forget her. Nine years ago, Emma Darling chose duty—and lost everything for it. With her parents gone, her standing in ruins, and her dreams packed away, she has survived by becoming an unimposing companion to the kind, if meddlesome, Mrs. Buckley. It is not the life she imagined, ...

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

The long ride through Derbyshire and into Yorkshire had not done Owen the good he’d hoped it would.

Partly because he had needed to pace Philosopher in order to allow the horse enough stamina to make the distance, but also because he could not rid himself of the phantom of having Emma in his arms. His mind constantly drew back to that moment: the press of her against him, the warmth of her back under his hands, the softness of her arm, her skin.

The faint smell of rose water clinging to her, driving him to madness.