An Uncommon Engagement: Chapter One

Serial. A gentleman carries on a secret engagement with his butler.

Part 2 of the Uncommon Partnership series, carrying on from the events of An Uncommon Betrothal. eBook is available to buy, or the serial is free to read online.

Alexos Fox, a disabled gentleman in the 1920s, has been carrying on a secret relationship with his new butler, Harry Sutton, for several months now. As their relationship develops and matures, the two of them are met with both new friends and new challenges — particularly as Alexos’ mother, Georgina, is soon to return from her travels abroad.

“Gosh,” Larry said, a croak in the word as his voice broke on the open syllable, and Alexos didn’t outright sigh, but did exhale subtly from his nostrils. “It’s very, erm… red inside, isn’t it?”

“Larry,” Alexos said in a warning tone, and not for the first time. Not raising his head, he did let his eyes flick up to take the other man in, and he could see that Larry had paled by several shades, his lips abruptly seeming more white than pink. He was well-lit for hovering in the doorway, and not only from behind.

Larry’s friend, Cricket, who was visiting this weekend, didn’t share any of their companion’s squeamishness. Where Alexos was sitting on a tall stool to let him work…