A Kind of Honor by Joan Wolf

Author:Joan Wolf [Wolf, Joan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic, Regency
Publisher: Ten Talents Press
Published: 2016-10-02T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Adam’s face was pale but composed as he stood a few steps away from the bed looking down at her. His arms were at his sides, his hands relaxed and open, his whole posture saying she had nothing to fear. When he spoke, his voice was quiet. “I came for two reasons. The first was to ask you a question.”

She clutched the sheet to her breasts. “A question? What question is so urgent that you must needs break into my bedroom to ask it?”

He said, in the same reassuring voice, “If you were sure of getting custody of Ginny and Marc, would you divorce Gacé and marry me?”

His question was a blade to her heart. Then came anger. How dare he torment her with impossible dreams? She said sharply, “What kind of question is that? Matthieu will never give up the children. Get out of my room, Adam! You should never have come. You don’t belong in here.”

He didn’t move, just kept looking at her with those grave, dark blue eyes. “What if there was a possibility that it might happen?”

There was no urgency in his voice. He might have been discussing the weather, she thought wildly. But his eyes were holding hers, and the absolute intensity of his gaze shook her. He said again, “If Gacé gave up the children, would you divorce him and marry me?”

Divorce, as they both knew, was not unheard of in their world, but it was a stigma. A divorced woman would be barred from the highest level of society, the level Nanda now inhabited – indeed, helped to rule. A possibility? she thought. Could such a thing really happen? She drew a deep, uneven breath and said, “Yes. I would divorce him and marry you.”

At her words, color flushed back into to his stark face. He was in evening dress, but he had removed his coat and neckcloth. The power of his presence was overwhelming, and she clutched the sheet more tightly, as if to shield her wildly beating heart. “Why do you ask me this?” she asked.

He smiled at her and didn’t answer. She stared at his mouth, then looked away, saying breathlessly, “There is no chance, Adam. You must understand that.”

“I wouldn’t say there was no chance…” he replied carefully.

She frowned and began to think. Then, “Is something wrong with Matthieu?” she asked.

He regarded her thoughtfully. “Why would you say that?”

“He’s been different lately. He seems worried….”

“Is that so?” Now he looked pleased.

A healthy dose of anger made her sit up straighter. “You’re not going to tell me anything, are you?”

He took two steps, bringing him closer to the bed. “It will come right, Nanda. You will have to trust me in this, but everything will come right.”

I have to send him away, she thought. This is dangerous. I have to make him go.

But what came out of her mouth was: “You said you came for two reasons. What was the other one?”

He took another step, which brought him right up against the bed.

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