England's Assassin (30 page)

Annoyed at his secretary’s lack of loyalty, Seamus continued to read while ignoring the subtle clanking of bone china. However, what he could not ignore were the delicious aromas wafting in his direction from the opposite side of the all too small room.

“Well”—he rose, his stomach suddenly very empty—“I’ll just leave you to dine.”

Seamus walked from the room and he could feel Lady Pervill’s hostile gaze ushering him out of the office.

He closed the door, thinking that summarized the problem with the entire arrangement. How was he to concentrate on his work with Lady Pervill watching his every movement? The lass had not been there half a day and she was already distracting him from the critical work that needed to be done.

Seamus ate his midday meal alone at his club, all the while trying to decide how long he would wait before informing the old man that this forced partnership was unacceptable. A week? Yes, that would be enough time for him to assert that he had truly made an effort to work with Lady Pervill.

A week!
God in heaven.

Seamus rolled his eyes as he wandered back to his office, his steps increasingly languid. He eventually opened the outer office door but James was nowhere to be found. He placed his hand on the knob of the inner office door and took a deep breath, opening it. However, he was startled to find Lady Pervill not at her desk, but on her hands and knees with multiple newspapers spread across the dingy wooden floor.

The woman looked up excitedly and opened her mouth to speak. But upon seeing Seamus, she closed it and looked down at the papers again. He watched her glancing from one page to another, her large blue eyes growing wider as she read.

Then he heard the office door opening and the old man stepped passed Seamus with James Habernathy at his heels.

“Well?” Falcon asked.

Lady Pervill jumped up and smiled like a child bursting with a newly discovered secret. “I’ve found something.”

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