A Lady to Remember by Samantha Grace

Author:Samantha Grace [Grace, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Historical
Publisher: Samantha Grace
Published: 2018-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

Nine

Adele was the most wretched of sisters. Despite her determination to reach an acceptable agreement with Marcus about her brother before consenting to marriage, she had leapt at the opportunity to become his wife. The strength and security of his embrace, whispered promises to always be at her side... They were her siren songs, feeding an aching hunger that couldn’t be satisfied by anyone else. The lonely girl who had grown up with no family or love to call her own clung to his assurances.

She was wretched and weak.

“Blech!” She made a face at her reflection in the looking glass.

Masculine laughter startled her. Wide-eyed, she met her brother Leo’s gaze in the mirror. Crinkles had formed around his cobalt blue eyes. “Did your fairy godmother say something you did not like?”

She swiveled on the tufted stool placed in front of her dressing table.“I beg your pardon?”

He was early for their excursion, although his eagerness came as no surprise. Her brother seemed to be developing quite a liking for the theatre. More precisely, he enjoyed the pretty actresses. No longer was he content to have Jane and Anastasia hanging on his every word. Two days ago, he had set his sites on Natalia.

Leo pointed to her looking glass. “You were talking to it. Is that not where fairy-godmothers live?”

“I believe you are confusing fictional characters. Magic mirrors and fairy-godmothers are completely different.”

He cocked his head. “How so?”

“Well, one is a meddlesome seamstress, and the other is a presumptuous instigator who likes to spy on ladies when they are primping, much like my youngest brother.”

“Bah,” Leo said with a wave of his hand and teasing smile. “I’ve never sewn a stitch in my life.”

He came up behind her and tried to ruffle her hair, but she smacked his hand before he messed up her lady’s maid’s handiwork.

“Don’t you know it is rude to interrupt a lady in her chambers?”

“Your door was ajar.” He plopped onto her favorite chair. “Since I was here, I thought you might want to leave early for the theatre.”

Adele peered at him with raised eyebrows. “It would be in your best interest to avoid Natalia before she sinks her claws into you. She is searching for a benefactor, and you would spend your entire allowance to keep her. Besides, you are too young for her.”

Leo tossed his head back, laughing. “You only warn me off because you are jealous of her friendship with your fiancé.”

“Natalia is the least of my concerns,” she mumbled. Initially, the beautiful actress had troubled her, but Natalia was respectful and kind to Adele. It helped that Marcus only had eyes for Adele when they met at the theatre.

Leo inspected the palm of his glove, attempting to appear nonchalant. “Have you told Harry about your betrothal?”

“Not yet.”

She had intended to speak with him at dinner last night, but he had complained of stomach cramps again and retired to bed early.

“It has been a week,” Leo said. “You will tell our brother before the wedding, I hope.

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