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him to
     continue.
    “It’s true, and I’ve been told so by more
     than just your mother.”
    “Have you forgotten that I’ve spent the last
     two weeks extolling your sins to your ex-fiancée and half
     the ton ?”
    He coughed. “Well, obviously I’m not the best
     catch for just any girl. But the right girl now...”
    “You thought Clarice was the right girl only
     a few months ago.”
    “And wasn’t it brilliant of me to realize she
     wasn’t before the wedding?” He tapped his chin
     thoughtfully. “We may want to run up to Gretna Green. I don’t
     seem to do well with a lot of time to think.”
    “I’m sorry, I thought you said ‘drink’.”
    He smiled at her engagingly and she frowned.
     “No. Let me put an end to this nonsense now. No. And I’ll be
     taking the rest of your drink with me. You have an upsetting
     habit of thinking you make sense.”
    “See, this is why you would make me an
     excellent wife.”
    Her eyes flashed for a moment. “But you, sir,
     would not make me an excellent husband. Now hand over your
     drink.”
    “Yes, dear. Will this be a permanent
     situation, or will I be allowed the occasional treat?”
    He rose, holding the glass out of her reach.
    “Jameson.”
    “There is one reason I would make you an excellent husband, my dear dragon.”
    “I have my own money.”
    He took one large step forward, trapping her
     against the sofa, and bent to whisper in her ear. “That wasn’t
     the reason I was thinking of.” He pressed the glass into her
     palm. “Promise me you’ll think of my proposal when you’re not
     quite sober.”
    A small snort escaped her. “I believe ‘not quite sober’
     would be the only way I would ever accept your ridiculous
     proposal.”
    He smiled and kissed the indentation below
     her ear. “Ah.”

    The next morning Amelia still refused to
     shiver, refused to feel the frisson his kiss had caused.
     It was Jameson, first of all. And second of all, it was Jameson .
    She might still be unmarried, but it was
     impossible to reach six and twenty with her dowry without being
     wooed. She knew what he was doing.
    Idiot! He’d always come up with the most
     dangerous play ideas when they’d been growing up. Dangerous and
     exciting. “No, not exciting.”
    Her mother looked up from her ladies journal.
     “I’m sorry, my dear?”
    Amelia shook her head. “Nothing. Just
     thinking out loud.”
    And he had obviously not been thinking at
     all. Where had this come from? One moment they were fine friends
     and then he had to ruin it. A woman had to stay on her toes at
     all times around him but who could have foreseen this? He’d just
     got out of an engagement, the last thing he should be thinking
     about was getting into another one.
    Amelia threw her needlepoint down with a
     sigh. Her mother peeked up again, then set her journal aside.
    “Darling, what is the matter? You look quite
     ferocious.”
    “Mama, did you sometimes want to kill Papa,
     or am I merely unlucky in the choice of men surrounding me?”
    “Is someone unworthy pursuing you, Amelia? I
     know you handle most of these buffoons yourself but you are not
     alone. We would gladly help you.”
    “I wasn’t talking about those men; I was
     referring to Jameson and Robin. Oh, all right—I was talking
     about Jameson. He is the most frustrating man, really. And I’m
     not even related to him. I’ve simply been stuck with him because
     of fate.”
    Lady Beckham hid her smile. “You aren’t stuck
     with him because of fate. You’re stuck with him because you
     trailed him and Robin around incessantly when you were younger.
     You adopted him yourself.”
    “If I was feeling less generous I would point
     out that you should have kept me away from him.”
    “Yes, dear. I did try.”
    “Well, he was so sad. Nobody else could make
     him laugh.”
    Amelia remembered those dark days still so
     clearly. Her hero, her brother’s wild best friend, wild no
     longer. There’d been