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room to
relieve his bladder, when he was accosted by Lady
Beresford. He’d managed to avoid her since that night
in his carriage.
    She grabbed his arm and dragged him into the
library, shutting the door. ‘Robbie, I must see you!’ she
blurted without any caution whatsoever.
‘I’m standing here.’ He said cryptically.
‘That’s not what I mean; I have to see you in
private!’ she spat.
    Robert carefully looked about the room, which
was empty, and replied. ‘We are alone. What do you
want?’
    She threw herself at him and clutched at his
chest and body. ‘I want you.’ she murmured. ‘It’s
torture to be at the same ball and you won’t even dance
with me.’
    Robert was quite cold. He placed his hands on
her upper arms and disentangled himself from her
embrace. ‘I’m sorry, Lady Beresford. But our dalliance is
at an end. You know there is no room for permanence
in my life and your husband will return from India,
eventually. We started it on those grounds. No ties. You
agreed, so its over.’
    She looked at him in horror. ‘But I love you,
Robbie.’ She said as the colour drained from her face.
‘That is your misfortune. I don’t love you. You
were an entertainment at best.’ He sighed deeply and
silently cursed himself again for attending this function.
He watched the expression of hurt turn to hate on her
face.
‘I’ll ruin you, you bastard!’ she whispered
vindictively. ‘I’m with child and it’s your fault!’
‘We’ll see about that when the little bastard
arrives, because I’d put my money on it being
Randolph’s myself. He was there before me and
Cranwell and Farrington have been sharing. As I’m the
only one with dark hair, we’ll see when it arrives!’ He
looked at her harshly. ‘But of course, I’m a Duke and the
richest of all your lovers. But you won’t get any money
out of me!’
‘You Cad!’ she exploded. ‘I’ll scream it from the
roof tops!’
‘Do so. My reputation is already set as the
biggest rakehell in London and yours is already sullied as
the biggest whore!’ She went for his face, her long nails
trying to gouge out his eyes, but he was too quick and
strong for her and he grabbed her wrists. He turned her
easily so that her back was to his chest and he
whispered in her ear. ‘Did you think I would marry you?
That I would watch you divorce Beresford and we would
have a nice little life together?’ He sighed again and
shook his head. ‘Not a chance! I would have to be stupid
to tie myself to an unfaithful wretch like you. You’re
only good for one thing and I’ve had my fill!’ He pushed
her away from him. ‘If you want my advice, I would
retire to your country estate, give birth to your bastard
and wait for your husband to come home and see what
he does.’
‘He’ll call you out!’ she spat
‘He can try, but I suppose you’ll look the same in
widow’s weeds. Randolph will finish him before he even
gets around to me!’
He stood and stared her out. There was
absolutely no way he would leave the room first, if he
did, she could tear all her clothes and accuse him of
rape, so he waited patiently and stared her coldly in the
face. ‘I’ll kill you!’ she said softly and turned on her heel
and left the room. The door banged against the
bookshelf with the force she put into opening it.
He stood with his eyes closed. Why do I put
myself through this? He asked himself and then
answered. Because your cock can’t say no to a pair of
bare thighs! He opened his eyes and slowly walked out
of the door. Then it’s time I learned some restraint! He
left the ball immediately and cursed himself for a
bastard all the way home.
He was disappointed in Abigail Beresford. She
knew there were no strings when he first seduced her in
his carriage, but she had obviously forgotten. He’d
never had that kind of problem before, usually the
ladies accepted his arrival and departure and he usually
sent them a very nice gift as a thank you. But Abigail
had been getting more