Page 14 of Reckless Love

I didn’t offer any either.

To my surprise it was William who came to my rescue. “How’s the mapping project coming along, Rosie?”

I blinked at him for a moment because I wasn’t aware Williamknewabout the mapping project. “Um, it’s—”

“The fundraiser was a smashing success,” Leo said proudly. “Dr. Brown’s research hadthe entire room stunned with fascination. They couldn’t pull their wallets out fast enough.” His thumb pressed a soothing circle on my hip. “Her work is groundbreaking, but I’m sure that’s no surprise to either of you. She must have been full of surprises as a child.”

William laughed. “There was this one time, Rosie rigged all the lights upstairs to go on and off at her command. It tookme a fucking week to figure out she was the one turning my lights on in the middle of the night.”

“And off when you were in the shower.” I’d completely forgotten about that.

William groaned. “You scared the shit out of me.”

“You’re quite the troublemaker.” Leo’s eyes twinkled as he grinned at me.

“You have no idea,” Edmund drawled. He was clearly not amused by our walkdown memory lane. “Rosalind I was hoping to have a word with you.” He waved in the direction of his home office.

All the hair on my arm rose up. Leo tucked me into his side.

William scowled at our father. “I actually have a few items to discuss with you as well. Let’s all retire to the office.”

“No,” Edmund said. “I need to speak to Rosalindalone.I’ll have her back in afew minutes.” Then he turned and left.

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