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percent.”
    “We have a deal.”
    “I need to fetch my dice and cards,” Angelica said, rising. “You’ll stay for dinner, of course.”
    Robert stood when she did. “I have a previous engagement but will return tomorrow.”
    “I understand,” Angelica said, unable to hide her disappointment.
    “How about sealing our bargain with a kiss?”  Robert asked, stepping closer.
    Angelica felt a heated blush rising upon her cheeks. She glanced in the direction of the cottage and stammered, “My aunt—”
    “Your aunt is not watching,” Robert said, taking another step toward her.
    Angelica stepped back and felt the trunk of the oak tree preventing further retreat. Trapped against the tree, she had no way or desire to escape.
    Robert captured her lips in a kiss that stole her breath away and made her senses reel. His insistent lips parted hers, and his tongue explored the sweetness of her mouth, sending ripples of desire dancing down her spine.
    Without taking his lips from hers, Robert traced a finger down her silken cheek. He slid his hand down the column of her throat and then lower. His caress on her breast was seductively light.
    Angelica moaned low in her throat. Unaware of what she was doing, Angelica entwined her arms around his neck and returned his kiss in kind.
    “Swear that you won’t go to the fair or engage in any gambling,” Robert whispered against her lips.
    “I promise.” Angelica closed her eyes for another kiss.
    “Until tomorrow, angel,” Robert said and planted a chaste kiss on her lips. He turned away, whistled for his horse, and left the garden.
    Angelica leaned back against the oak tree. Closing her eyes, she raised her fingertips to her lips and tried to recapture the incredible feeling of his lips covering hers.
    “Bravo, darling.” Aunt Roxie called from the window.” ‘Twas well done of you.”
    Angelica groaned and burned with shame. Her aunt had witnessed her wanton behavior and sounded as if she actually approved.
    Oh, Lord, Angelica thought. This mysterious stranger had kissed her, and she’d enjoyed it, had even wanted more. Did he affect every woman that way? Only her? How would she ever face him again?
    And then a smile touched her lips. When he returned, she would pretend nothing had happened between them. She only hoped that he would kiss her again.
    “Don’t worry, darling,” Aunt Roxie called from the window. “The man is hot for you.”
     

Chapter 3
    He wanted to kiss her again.
    Sitting in the Campbell box at the Royal Opera House, Robert smiled at the bent of his thoughts. He couldn’t get her out of his mind and wanted to do more to his Primrose Hill angel than kiss her. Feeling their naked bodies entwined and pressed intimately together appealed to him. He could hardly wait to initiate her into the ways of carnal love and mold her into whatever pleased him.
    Robert smiled with anticipated satisfaction. How many men of his acquaintance were fortunate enough to deflower their mistresses?
    “The woman on stage is dying,” Duke Magnus whispered. “Why are you smiling?”
    Robert glanced at his father and assumed a suitably somber expression. He always attended the opera alone to think and disliked being bothered. Tonight, he’d been saddled with his father and his sister-in-law.
    Without taking her gaze off the stage, Venetia leaned close and whispered, “I hope you’ll reconsider and come to Lord Randolph’s with us. My father and brother are meeting us there.”
    Robert stared through the semidarkness at her perfect profile. He dropped his gaze to her cleavage and knew her display of flesh was for his benefit. Her flawless ivory skin looked soft and oh-so-inviting.
    “I’ve made other plans,” Robert said, standing, deciding he’d had enough of the opera. He nodded to his father, left the Campbell box, and walked outside.
    The warm night seemed almost magical. A low mist clung to the ground and swirled around his legs, but stars shone