Chapter 6Carina turned towards the door.
“I am sorry,” she murmured, “I thought Lord Lynche was here.”
“Wait!” The word was a command and not a request from Sir Percy. “I sent for you.”
“You?”
Carina could not help the ejaculation of surprise sounding rude.
“Yes, Miss Warner,” he said. “I wanted to talk to you and I had the feeling that you might make excuses if I made the request in my own name.”
There was a smile on Sir Percy’s thick lips and she hated the look in his eyes, feeling, as she always did, that he was mentally undressing her even while he talked platitudes.
“I am sorry if I appear impolite,” Carina said, “but Dipa will be wanting me. I only came because I understood that Lord Lynche had particularly requested me to do so.”
“Lord Lynche is fortunately out at the moment
