A Rogue for a Lady by Rose Pearson

Author:Rose Pearson [Pearson, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2018-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

The following morning, Amelia awoke to her sister Jessica jumping on her bed, an invitation in her hand. She was squealing something over and over and Amelia, who had only just awoken, pressed her hands to her ears in an attempt to quieten the sound. This did not help much at all, which meant that Amelia had no other choice but to pull her pillow out and slam it over her ears, her face now pressed into the mattress.

“Oh, do stop!” Jessica cried, grasping the pillow and throwing it away from Amelia. “We have just received the most wonderful invitation – and papa says he will come with us!”

“Invitation?” Amelia asked, groggily. “What invitation?”

“To Lord Northfell’s estate!” Jessica exclaimed, waving the invitation around, the ribbons fluttering as she did so. “A house party, Amelia!”

Closing her eyes for a moment, Amelia drew in a long breath and refocused her attention on Jessica. “We have been invited to a house party? At Lord Northfell’s estate?”

“Yes!” Jessica squealed, jumping off the bed and grasping Amelia’s covers. “Come now, Amelia, you must write back at once!”

“I?” Amelia repeated, shivering as she reached for the bedclothes in order to pull them back towards herself. “Why must I write?”

“Because it is addressed to you,” Jessica replied, slowly, as though speaking to a very small child who wasn’t able to understand. “Hurry, Amelia! Papa has said we can attend and that he will join us, so long as he is able to rest. Do come on! We are all waiting!”

Amelia groaned audibly, not wanting to ask why her sister had opened the invitation that was addressed to her. “Why are you all waiting? It will not take long for me to pen a short note.”

“For shopping!” Jessica exclaimed, still dancing excitedly around the room. “We must have at least one new dress each and since we are to leave next week, then we need to see the seamstress today.”

Realizing that she was not going to be able to go back to sleep anytime soon, Amelia swung her legs over the side of the bed and yawned. She was not quite sure what she thought of such an invitation, especially since Lord Northfell had practically run from her side yesterday evening! Maybe whatever business it was he had been forced to attend on was now completed – or would be completed by the time the house party came.

“Very well, very well!” Amelia exclaimed, as Jessica continued to bob about the room on light feet. “Go, Jessica. I will be down once I have dressed and eaten.”

“And the invitation?”

“Yes, yes,” Amelia replied, growing a little frustrated. “Yes, I will write to Lord Northfell before we leave.”

“And you will accept?”

Amelia got up to grasp the invitation from Jessica before shooing her out of the bedroom door. “Yes, I will accept,” she answered, seeing the excitement in Jessica’s face. “Now leave me in peace so that I might get dressed! I will be with you very soon.”

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