A Duke for Miss Daisy: Sweet Regency Romance (A Wallflower's Wish Book 1) by Maggie Dallen & Katherine Ann Madison

Author:Maggie Dallen & Katherine Ann Madison [Dallen, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swift Romance Publishing Corp
Published: 2020-07-08T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Daisy still wasn’t entirely sure how it had happened. One moment she was being kissed by the Duke of Dolan and the next she was watching him fawn all over Miss Pearson.

“Her hat is gaudy,” Lily whispered.

Daisy shot her friend a look. “It is not.”

Lily’s lips pursed as if she wished to disagree but could not. She and Marigold followed her gaze and all three of them were watching the duke make a scene as he drooled all over the pretty brunette.

Miss Pearson’s hat was tasteful, proper, and perfect, just like the young lady herself.

“Oh dear,” Marigold said softly.

She could not drag her eyes away from the scene before her to look at her friend. “What is it?”

Marigold touched her arm. “You have clearly been spending too much time with His Grace. His scowl seems to be infectious.”

Daisy huffed.

“Are you certain he proposed to you last night?” Lily asked. “He does not look like a man who proposed last night.”

Daisy did not respond but she saw Marigold elbow their friend out of the corner of her eye.

“What?” Lily asked.

“Do try and be sympathetic,” Marigold scolded under her breath. “It is not every day one rejects a duke.”

Daisy’s scowl intensified. It felt...odd. She wasn’t used to frowning so much but she’d been unable to do much else ever since she’d run away.

Running away like a ninny. She huffed again. It was beneath her. It was certainly less than what the duke deserved.

It might not have been the most breathtaking proposal of all time, but she was not so daft that she did not see the honor he’d done her by asking her to be his duchess.

Even now the breath rushed out of her at the thought.

But that awe and amazement vanished at the memory of her response.

To run.

She’d run.

She, Miss Daisy Merriweather, had run away like a child.

Shame rose up in her and for a moment it overshadowed every other sensation. The sickening anger that had been roiling in her belly ever since she’d come across the duke and his...his...well, she was not quite certain what Miss Pearson was to him, but it was clear that at the very least—she was the center of his attention.

He hadn’t looked away from her once since this group had gathered.

She’d expected to see him, of course. Her mother had invited him on this tour to accompany their family. She’d just been preparing for a completely different experience. One where they awkwardly fumbled through some explanation of last night.

She’d never expected to have to watch him fawn over another woman while joyously parading through the garden. That might have been a bit of an exaggeration. But really, he hardly struck her as the type of man who wished to pass his day touring a garden.

Magnificent and beautiful as it might be, she had no doubt that the duke would find such a tour tedious, at best. She’d imagined a life with him would include having to cajole him into having fun, teasing him into laughter the way she’d done on their walk together.

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