A Midsummer's Kiss (Farthingale Series Book 4) by Meara Platt

Author:Meara Platt [Platt, Meara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Booktrope Editions
Published: 2016-02-02T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“I THINK THIS IS a very good list,” Daisy said as she perused the requirements Laurel had written down. The hour was late, close to midnight. She and Daisy were in the bedroom they shared, dressed in their nightgowns and preparing for bed.

Daisy had only to help Laurel braid her hair.

“I hope so.” Laurel took back the parchment and handed Daisy the hairbrush. “Do you think I’ve missed anything important?”

“The elders can answer better than I ever could. But nothing immediately comes to mind.”

Laurel nibbled her lip in thought as Daisy began to run the brush through her thick waves and gather them in one hand. “Father always tells us that people don’t change. What if Graelem doesn’t love me? Then this list of demands will feel like a prison sentence to him.” She began to read off some of the demands. “Shared bed, no separate quarters for us.”

Daisy nodded. “That’s what Mother and Father do and it’s worked well for them.”

“But they’ve always been in love with each other.” She sighed and read another demand. “Be faithful in the marriage.” She set the list down and glanced at Daisy. “Do you think I need to be more specific? Men can twist the meaning when they desire to stray. Are there degrees of faithfulness?”

“Father or George or Rupert will have an answer to that.”

Laurel read a third demand. “Love and protect our children.” She sighed. “I think this one will be difficult for him.”

Daisy paused in the middle of braiding Laurel’s hair. “Why? He doesn’t seem the sort to abandon his children. Quite the opposite, he appears to be the sort who would risk his own life to keep them from harm.”

“He does have a wonderfully protective quality about him, doesn’t he? But how can I know for certain? You see, his father abandoned him after his mother died.”

“Oh, how awful!”

Laurel nodded. “What if something happens to me and he chooses to do the same? He won’t speak ill of the former Baron Moray, but I think Graelem had a very unhappy childhood.”

“Your children will always be loved,” Daisy assured. “If he were ever so foolish as to abandon them, we’d take them in. Bestowing love is one of the few things we Farthingales manage to do right. Look at little Harry’s situation. If Uncle Harrison truly is… lost to us, would we ever cast out Aunt Julia or Harry? Of course not. Mother and Father have already invited her to move in with us, and our uncles will manage Harrison’s share of the Farthingale business profits so that Julia and Harry never lack for funds.”

Daisy quickly finished off the braid. “Your children will be protected. Even if he didn’t abandon them, we’d still meddle in every aspect of their upbringing. After all, it’s what we Farthingales do best.”

Laurel laughed. “You’ve put my mind at ease.” But she sobered a moment later. “What if he rejects these demands? I don’t think I can marry him then.”

Daisy gave her a quick hug.

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