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“And what about the carriage?” Kenneth asked Leonard as soon as they were free.
“I asked the tiger to take it down the street as soon as Lord Wisham’s entourage arrived. He will be waiting for us there,” Leonard answered.
That had all been over an hour ago and now he was back in his study and struggling to focus.
What is Rose doing at this moment? Was she able to get dressed in time?
His mind began to drift back to the memory of her body and how she writhed and squirmed beneath him. His erection was back in an instant causing him to try and put the memory out of his mind.
He’d obviously had one great opportunity to consummate their love once and for all. He didn’t know when the next opportunity would be afforded them, seeing as Lord Wisham had come back into town.
The week they’d spent in paradise was suddenly over. Now, they were back to letter correspondence until a time when Lord Rockgonie’s manor was freed up again.
He had to find a solution to their dilemma quickly as he wasn’t sure how much time apart he could handle any longer.
The bill glared at him from the table.
I also need to sort this out as soon as possible.
“Hard at work?” Leonard said as he walked into the study. “I thought you’d like to know what happened to Rose after we left Lord Rockgonie’s manor.”
“Excuse me? There is news from the manor already?” he asked in surprise.
“Of course there is, Kenneth. I went back to make sure your tracks were covered properly. I also knew your mind won’t be at ease until you knew the Lady Rose was all right,” Leonard said.
He simply smiled as he looked at his valet.
“Lady Rose is fine. She was having tea with Lord Rockgonie and his father when I arrived under the pretext of delivering a message to Lord Rockgonie. Elsa also assured me that they hadn’t gotten into any mishap when they emerged from the room.”
“That means Lord Rockgonie did a splendid job of stalling his father long enough?” Kenneth interjected.
“Exactly!” Leonard exclaimed.
With his mind somewhat at ease, he could finally try again with the bill.
“Come, sit, Leonard. I need your contribution on certain things with regards to this bill.”
“I take it that your meeting with the instigators went well then,” Leonard commented as he sat down.
That’s true. I haven’t had time to tell Leonard about the success of the meeting.
“It went well. After a lot of arguments and counter arguments, they agreed to hold off on their plans and give me a few weeks to get my bill through parliament,” he announced cheerfully.
The look of disbelief plastered on the face of his valet said it all.
“And how many weeks are they giving you?” Leonard asked in disbelief.
“Four weeks. Can you imagine that?”
“That is wonderful news. I guess you did pull it off after all,” Leonard said, still reeling from shock.
He laughed even as Leonard tried to laugh nervously along with him.
“We should make a toast,” Kenneth announced triumphantly.
“Not yet. If the bill doesn’t make it through parliament, there will be no reason for the toast as we will be right where we started,” Leonard responded, puncturing a hole in his sails.
“Fine. We will save that toast for the final victory dance,” Kenneth announced cheerfully.
