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room on the third floor near the nursery?”
He paused briefly to shake his head. “No, mistress, but I am certain Mr. Giles will explain everything shortly.” He began down the stairs. “Now if you will please follow me.”
Swallowing back her anxiety, Amelia started down the steps after the man.
Once they reached the second floor, she noticed a change right away. Red and gold tapestries decorated the walls, colorful Persian rugs covered the polished wooden floor, and white marble statues lined the halls. Statues that made her eyes grow round and her cheeks burn with embarrassment.
Why, she’d not allow Alex anywhere near the second floor, she decided. Not with naked marble people doing such obscene things. Good Lord! That one had a woman’s leg hitched up over the man’s shoulder while he…
She turned away quickly and fanned her scorching face with her right hand.
Once they descended the long hallway, Mr. Raines halted at the last doorway on the right, removed a key from his coat pocket to unlock the door, and led her inside.
When he lit a lamp, Amelia choked back a gasp. The room, many times larger than Alex’s, was so very different. Where his had been plain, this…this could be nothing less than gauche. The entire room was decorated in purple. The walls were covered in purple silk, purple curtains hung over the windows, and the enormous canopied bed in the center of the room had a purple canopy, a purple coverlet, and a pile of purple silk pillows.
How utterly horrid, Amelia thought with a frown and turned to Mr. Raines. “This is my room?”
“Yes, mistress.”
She wrinkled her nose. “You’re certain?”
“Yes, mistress.”
Glancing around again, she noticed some paintings in gilded frames hanging near the bed and moved closer. “Oh, good heavens,” she whispered as she viewed the obscene pictures, her cheeks aflame. They showed a pile of nude women and men in various positions of...
Amelia closed her eyes. “There has been a terrible mistake, Mr. Raines,” she choked out. “I would like a word with Mr. Giles, please.”
“At your service.”
Her eyes flew open and she spun around. Standing with his back to the now closed door the tall, blond Mr. Giles, handsomely outfitted in dark blue superfine, assessed her with his pale green eyes. Then he moved forward, his lips curving up. “I see you made it, after all,” he said, halting six inches before her. “When the ship set sail without you, I thought you had changed your mind.”
Somehow, Amelia found her voice. “There seems to be some mistake regarding my room.”
His tawny brows furrowed. “A mistake?”
“This room,” she said, glancing about quickly, “cannot be mine.”
“This is your room.”
She bit the inside of her cheek as disquiet rose within her. And for the first time, she realized Mr. Raines had gone. Taking a deep breath, she set her shoulders and faced her new employer. “Mr. Giles, shouldn’t I be in the nursery with the children?”
“Children?”
“I was hired as governess to your children, sir, do you not recall?” she asked, her insides trembling at his surprise.
He looked hard at her for a moment, then started to laugh. “My dear, my dear.” He wagged his head. “I mentioned no children.”
Amelia gripped her hands together before her. “But you indicated I would—”
“See to the needs of others,” he finished, his mirth gone. “I never said you were to look after children.”
She didn’t like the sound of that. Not at all. Although confused, she dared not ask him for further explanation. She only wanted to get away. Fast. “Then it seems I have made a mistake.” She stepped past him. “I’ll take up no more of your time, sir.”
“Aren’t you forgetting something?”
His silky smooth voice sent a shiver through her. She halted and turned. “Pray, what am I forgetting?”
He folded his arms.
He paused briefly to shake his head. “No, mistress, but I am certain Mr. Giles will explain everything shortly.” He began down the stairs. “Now if you will please follow me.”
Swallowing back her anxiety, Amelia started down the steps after the man.
Once they reached the second floor, she noticed a change right away. Red and gold tapestries decorated the walls, colorful Persian rugs covered the polished wooden floor, and white marble statues lined the halls. Statues that made her eyes grow round and her cheeks burn with embarrassment.
Why, she’d not allow Alex anywhere near the second floor, she decided. Not with naked marble people doing such obscene things. Good Lord! That one had a woman’s leg hitched up over the man’s shoulder while he…
She turned away quickly and fanned her scorching face with her right hand.
Once they descended the long hallway, Mr. Raines halted at the last doorway on the right, removed a key from his coat pocket to unlock the door, and led her inside.
When he lit a lamp, Amelia choked back a gasp. The room, many times larger than Alex’s, was so very different. Where his had been plain, this…this could be nothing less than gauche. The entire room was decorated in purple. The walls were covered in purple silk, purple curtains hung over the windows, and the enormous canopied bed in the center of the room had a purple canopy, a purple coverlet, and a pile of purple silk pillows.
How utterly horrid, Amelia thought with a frown and turned to Mr. Raines. “This is my room?”
“Yes, mistress.”
She wrinkled her nose. “You’re certain?”
“Yes, mistress.”
Glancing around again, she noticed some paintings in gilded frames hanging near the bed and moved closer. “Oh, good heavens,” she whispered as she viewed the obscene pictures, her cheeks aflame. They showed a pile of nude women and men in various positions of...
Amelia closed her eyes. “There has been a terrible mistake, Mr. Raines,” she choked out. “I would like a word with Mr. Giles, please.”
“At your service.”
Her eyes flew open and she spun around. Standing with his back to the now closed door the tall, blond Mr. Giles, handsomely outfitted in dark blue superfine, assessed her with his pale green eyes. Then he moved forward, his lips curving up. “I see you made it, after all,” he said, halting six inches before her. “When the ship set sail without you, I thought you had changed your mind.”
Somehow, Amelia found her voice. “There seems to be some mistake regarding my room.”
His tawny brows furrowed. “A mistake?”
“This room,” she said, glancing about quickly, “cannot be mine.”
“This is your room.”
She bit the inside of her cheek as disquiet rose within her. And for the first time, she realized Mr. Raines had gone. Taking a deep breath, she set her shoulders and faced her new employer. “Mr. Giles, shouldn’t I be in the nursery with the children?”
“Children?”
“I was hired as governess to your children, sir, do you not recall?” she asked, her insides trembling at his surprise.
He looked hard at her for a moment, then started to laugh. “My dear, my dear.” He wagged his head. “I mentioned no children.”
Amelia gripped her hands together before her. “But you indicated I would—”
“See to the needs of others,” he finished, his mirth gone. “I never said you were to look after children.”
She didn’t like the sound of that. Not at all. Although confused, she dared not ask him for further explanation. She only wanted to get away. Fast. “Then it seems I have made a mistake.” She stepped past him. “I’ll take up no more of your time, sir.”
“Aren’t you forgetting something?”
His silky smooth voice sent a shiver through her. She halted and turned. “Pray, what am I forgetting?”
He folded his arms.
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