A Marquess is Forever by Bethany M. Sefchick

Author:Bethany M. Sefchick
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

"I suppose you will not be waltzing with Lord Hathaway tonight. Such a pity but you can hardly be held accountable for not wishing to associate with the man. Not with the way he was carrying on with that woman." Ursula Saintwood fairly bristled with indignation at Diana's side. She was still fuming over what she viewed as Hathaway's slight towards Diana, and would have, if given a choice, stayed at home that evening, Diana by her side.

Joseph Saintwood, on the other hand, saw no reason why Diana should remain at home. After all, he had pointed out to his wife, it wasn't as if the duke and Diana were betrothed. He also pointed out that Diana had a young man who was courting her and was planning on attending the Redwing ball. So what point, he had argued, would be made by remaining at home? Her father had shaken his head in disbelief several times as his wife argued her case, and then said something about being thankful to finally be rid of the idiot. Diana assumed he meant Hathaway and not Lachlan. After all, the older man seemed to like the marquess a great deal.

Diana had expected her mother to challenge her father but she watched in silent fascination as an understanding look eventually passed between them, and then with a deep and long suffering sigh, Ursula had instructed Diana to go dress for the ball. She also made certain that Marie knew Diana was to look her absolute best. Better than she had ever looked, if possible.

In some small way, Diana felt sorry for her mother. It had been her dream to wed her daughter to the son of her former friend. Now, that dream was, if not dead, then certainly dying a slow and painful death. It wasn't that Diana wanted to cause her mother pain. She truly didn't. However she also knew that she could not continue to live her life waiting for a man she did not want to propose marriage out of some misguided sense of duty. Especially not when there was Lachlan, a man who made Diana's body tingle in the most inappropriate of ways. More than that, he made her laugh and he seemed to respect her for more than just her appearance. He truly seemed to care that she had a brain in her head. In fact, from their first meeting, it was one of the things about her that he had remarked upon.

True, he might be a bit overbearing at times, or perhaps a bit too hot-blooded was the correct phrase she was searching for, such as when he all but claimed her as his in the middle of her drawing room with Lord Wright looking on. However, Diana decided that was simply the Scot in him, the side that he often chose to pretend he did not possess. Except that he did and that slight bit of roughness about the edges was one of the things that Diana liked most about him.

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