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already suggested that.”
“You know, your skepticism isn’t helping,” Jackson said.
“Just describe it. From what I’ve heard about the lady’s gown, it was quite memorable,” Harry said.
“Quite,” Jackson scoffed. “Try very. I’m sure every man imagined his mistress to be Scarlet that night.”
“Hey,” Robert snapped and Jackson put his hands up in peace.
“Where’s Tucker?” Harry asked.
“His daddy has him on a leash today,” Jackson answered.
Harry laughed. “Poor Tucker.”
“His loss. All right, plans.” Jackson clapped his hands together and Robert winced at the loud noise.
“I will get the list from Lady Brook.”
“Why you?” Harry cut in.
“Because I’m the most charming.” He smiled his devilishly handsome grin that a lot of girls had lost their virtue to and Harry and Robert rolled their eyes.
“Harry, you clean Robert up.”
“I don’t need help.” Robert began to stand. When the world spun he sat back down on the floor.
“Uh huh.” Jackson nodded and turned his gaze to Harry. “We’ll meet up at The Dove for dinner.”
Harry and Robert were silent for a moment after Jackson left the room.
“Who put him in charge?” Robert grouched.
As Jackson walked down the hall of the Rosewood home, he paused when he came to an open doorway. Looking in, he found Violet sitting on a window seat with a book in her lap. He looked at her serene profile and then ran his gaze over her prim white dress.
“Morning, Violet,” he put on his deep, roguish voice and grinned while leaning against the doorframe.
“It’s Lady Rosewood to you, Mr. West,” she replied without taking her eyes from her book.
He laughed softly when she didn’t start blushing and stuttering like the rest of the innocent misses he met. “How are you this fine morning?” he asked in a casual voice.
“I’m well,” she replied with her eyes still on her book. “How is Robert?”
Jackson shrugged in answer.
Sitting with her feet up and her back against the wall of the window seat, Violet waited for Jackson’s answer to her question. When she didn’t hear his reply after a moment, she looked away from the book in her lap and over to the door.
“Well, how is he?”
Jackson shrugged again.
“Is that an I don’t know?”
Jackson chuckled and then nodded. “Yes, that’s an I don’t know.”
“You could have said so,” she replied and looked back down to the book.
Jackson moved to enter the room but a hard voice stopped him.
“What do you think you are doing?” Alyssum snapped at Jackson as she found him entering her sister’s room.
“Alyssum.” Jackson nodded to her with a smile.
“You think to enter my sister’s room?” she spoke in an icier tone.
Violet whistled low and Jackson looked over to her. “You’ve done it now,” Violet muttered.
“I was just saying hello,” Jackson told Alyssum as she glared up at him. “It was all very innocent.”
“Innocent would have been waiting in the parlor until she came to speak to you, not visiting her in her bedroom.”
“I didn’t,” he defended himself. “I’m standing in the hall.” He spread his arms out, indicating around him as they stood in the hall.
“I saw you about to enter.”
“Did you?” He squinted his eyes at her. “Or did you think you saw me about to enter her room?”
“I saw you,” she said firmly. “Perhaps I should get Harry?” She arched a brow.
Jackson grinned and nodded. “You play dirty. I like that.”
“Leave. Now.”
Jackson gave a small bow and then looked over to Violet. “Next time you want me in your room, sweetheart, make sure your sister isn’t home.” He winked and walked past Alyssum and down the stairs into the foyer.
Chapter Five
Jackson slapped the parchment on the tavern table and Harry, Tucker and a freshly dressed Robert looked up.
“Good to see you looking good,” Jackson said to Robert.
Robert raised his cup to him in a salute and then took a
“You know, your skepticism isn’t helping,” Jackson said.
“Just describe it. From what I’ve heard about the lady’s gown, it was quite memorable,” Harry said.
“Quite,” Jackson scoffed. “Try very. I’m sure every man imagined his mistress to be Scarlet that night.”
“Hey,” Robert snapped and Jackson put his hands up in peace.
“Where’s Tucker?” Harry asked.
“His daddy has him on a leash today,” Jackson answered.
Harry laughed. “Poor Tucker.”
“His loss. All right, plans.” Jackson clapped his hands together and Robert winced at the loud noise.
“I will get the list from Lady Brook.”
“Why you?” Harry cut in.
“Because I’m the most charming.” He smiled his devilishly handsome grin that a lot of girls had lost their virtue to and Harry and Robert rolled their eyes.
“Harry, you clean Robert up.”
“I don’t need help.” Robert began to stand. When the world spun he sat back down on the floor.
“Uh huh.” Jackson nodded and turned his gaze to Harry. “We’ll meet up at The Dove for dinner.”
Harry and Robert were silent for a moment after Jackson left the room.
“Who put him in charge?” Robert grouched.
As Jackson walked down the hall of the Rosewood home, he paused when he came to an open doorway. Looking in, he found Violet sitting on a window seat with a book in her lap. He looked at her serene profile and then ran his gaze over her prim white dress.
“Morning, Violet,” he put on his deep, roguish voice and grinned while leaning against the doorframe.
“It’s Lady Rosewood to you, Mr. West,” she replied without taking her eyes from her book.
He laughed softly when she didn’t start blushing and stuttering like the rest of the innocent misses he met. “How are you this fine morning?” he asked in a casual voice.
“I’m well,” she replied with her eyes still on her book. “How is Robert?”
Jackson shrugged in answer.
Sitting with her feet up and her back against the wall of the window seat, Violet waited for Jackson’s answer to her question. When she didn’t hear his reply after a moment, she looked away from the book in her lap and over to the door.
“Well, how is he?”
Jackson shrugged again.
“Is that an I don’t know?”
Jackson chuckled and then nodded. “Yes, that’s an I don’t know.”
“You could have said so,” she replied and looked back down to the book.
Jackson moved to enter the room but a hard voice stopped him.
“What do you think you are doing?” Alyssum snapped at Jackson as she found him entering her sister’s room.
“Alyssum.” Jackson nodded to her with a smile.
“You think to enter my sister’s room?” she spoke in an icier tone.
Violet whistled low and Jackson looked over to her. “You’ve done it now,” Violet muttered.
“I was just saying hello,” Jackson told Alyssum as she glared up at him. “It was all very innocent.”
“Innocent would have been waiting in the parlor until she came to speak to you, not visiting her in her bedroom.”
“I didn’t,” he defended himself. “I’m standing in the hall.” He spread his arms out, indicating around him as they stood in the hall.
“I saw you about to enter.”
“Did you?” He squinted his eyes at her. “Or did you think you saw me about to enter her room?”
“I saw you,” she said firmly. “Perhaps I should get Harry?” She arched a brow.
Jackson grinned and nodded. “You play dirty. I like that.”
“Leave. Now.”
Jackson gave a small bow and then looked over to Violet. “Next time you want me in your room, sweetheart, make sure your sister isn’t home.” He winked and walked past Alyssum and down the stairs into the foyer.
Chapter Five
Jackson slapped the parchment on the tavern table and Harry, Tucker and a freshly dressed Robert looked up.
“Good to see you looking good,” Jackson said to Robert.
Robert raised his cup to him in a salute and then took a
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