Chapter Fifteen
Standing not ten feet away from Jamie was a fellow he’d gone to university with—Jacob Ayres was an out-and-out cad. A ladies’ man who would boast to anyone and everyone about his conquests. No detail was too small or too private to tell, not to Ayres.
But what terrified Jamie more than anything was being recognized. He was certain Ayres wouldn’t be nearly as understanding as Wickford. No, in fact, he was certain the man would have the greatest laugh and be entirely too smug if he found Jamie in his current position. It would take all of Jamie’s self-control not to punch the i***t in the face if it came to that, and then his cover would be gone as would his position with the duchess. No, he couldn’t risk being—
Just then Ayres turned, his gaze flitting past Jamie as he an
