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desire start to stir within his body, and shifted uncomfortably on his feet before it became out of control. He let out a relieved breath when his friend Phillip cut into his vision.
    “What happened Nath? I thought you were marrying Bethany Sharp?” Phillip stood beside his friend and frowned as he studied Nathan’s bride. There was something very familiar about her, but he couldn’t remember where he’d seen her before.
    Nathan snorted. “The damn woman ran off just before the ceremony. So there wasn’t anything else I could do but marry her sister instead.”
    Phillip’s head swiveled to look at his friend and he grinned, “Well at least she had a sister to take her place. Do you have any idea why she ran off?”
    “No, but I intend to find out.” Nathan was about to say more, but before he could his wife joined them.
    “It’s a pleasure to see you again Lord Mountford. Especially now that you are wearing your clothes.” Sheldon teased the man and swallowed her giggle when his face turned red.
    Phillip’s eyes rounded and his face burned with humiliation. Now he remembered where he’d seen this woman before. He would never forget such an embarrassing moment as that night when this woman caught him naked in bed with a whore.
    A scowl on his brow, Nathan’s watched the mortification come over his friend’s face and grew suspicious over his wife’s disclosure. Was what he thinking possibly true, his blood stirred with indignation? “Are you telling us wife, that you saw Phillip naked?”
    The hissing angry words from her husband made her smile and Sheldon shrugged her shoulders, “Well besides seeing the both of you that night, I did see a half a dozen other men in ah…delicate situations. And I must say there was one particular gentlemen that certainly piqued my curiosity.”
    Nathan also felt the heat crawl up the back of his neck, he was likewise furious at his wife. “You will cease going to such places. I forbid it.”
    “You can forbid all you want, but let me tell you I have no intentions of obeying you.” Her smile dying, Sheldon lifted her chin and narrowed her eyes.
    “Don’t you dare defy me in this wife? Surely you must realize the danger you are putting yourself in?” The warning was given in a low, harsh tone. He wanted to shake her silly, his hands clenched and unclenched as he fought the need to make her see sense.
    “Of course I know the danger. What do you take me for, a complete imbecile? I have been attacked before and only a few weeks ago I suffered a black eye. I know the risks and take precautions.” Sheldon was furious over his demand that she stop trying to help those poor women, besides the insufferable brute practically called her stupid.
    Horrified over her admission of being attacked, Nathan was ready to kill someone. What proper gentleman would lay a violent hand on this small delicate woman or any woman for that matter? “I order you, tell me their names.”
    Sheldon rolled her eyes and shook her head. “Now why would I do something so foolish as to tell you who they are? If I do you’ll probably go out and fight a duel with each and every one of them.”
    “Damn right I would. Now tell me who they are.” Nathan grasped her arm, he had no intention of letting her go until she told him. It was only his friend’s warning voice that cut through the rage clouding his thoughts.
    “Ah hum, I would advise you to calm down Nath. You don’t want to cause a scene.” Phillip intervened, even though he was still embarrassed, was also fascinated with the conversation between his friend and his bride. However, he could see Nathan getting himself worked up.
    For some reason Sheldon was unafraid of her husband and when Lord Phillip spoke up she gave him a wink, “I’m sure this will be another subject we will discuss later. I’m certain by the time we finish our talk it will be a new day.”
    Surprised when the anger drained out of him, Nathan found himself fascinated