Landon tried again to focus his attention on Annette. She’d talked incessantly since he’d helped her into the carriage. Her posture told him she believed he’d changed his mind about continuing their relationship. Since it suited his plan, he said nothing to dissuade her from that assumption. She’d not guess until much later that he’d used her for an easy entry to Pratt’s property. He probably should feel at least a bit remorseful for the deception, but he had too much on his mind to bother. He offered the necessary compliments to her form and beauty, suffered through a brief kiss once seated in the coach, and didn’t squelch the possibility of a tryst when she hinted a desire for a sultry continuation after the festivities. Perhaps he felt a slight twinge of guilt at the lies, however, he’d
