At the Spanish Duke's Command by Fiona Hood-Stewart

Author:Fiona Hood-Stewart
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-02-26T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“BUT why this sudden return home?” Lady Cavendish said, after embracing Georgiana fondly. Her daughter looked thinner, and rather peaky, she thought. But she was too wise to ask what was wrong. That, she hoped, would reveal itself.

“I just felt homesick. I thought I’d spend a few days here, then—then go back,” Georgiana lied, dropping onto the deep chintz sofa, knowing she would have to find a valid excuse not to return to Spain. But she couldn’t think of one right now. She was simply too exhausted and emotionally distraught.

Why did she have to fall so deeply in love with Juan? Why couldn’t she be like her friend, Emma, who had romantic adventures without ever falling head over heels as Georgiana had? What made it worse was having no one she could share her pain with, no one she could talk to about it. Her emotions were too tied up. Love, anger, pain, sorrow—so many feelings churning inside that she couldn’t define. And overriding them all was the cynicism of Juan’s implacable attitude. How could he live his life in this cold calculated manner? Surely he would be miserable living with one woman when he cared for another?

A sudden thought struck her, leaving her even more devastated than she already was. Perhaps it was only she who loved him, not vice versa. Maybe she was just a passing fancy in his life, a toy to be played with for a while before being set aside in favour of a more important relationship. She clenched her hands and restrained burning tears. If truth be told, she’d been a fool. A stupid idiotic little fool. A virgin whom it had amused him to seduce. And now she was paying the price for her own folly.

Georgiana sighed and tried to look cheerful, lest her mother suspect things were not right. She couldn’t tell her the truth. Not now, anyway. Lady Cavendish would be so disappointed in Juan that it would likely affect the longstanding relationship the families had entertained for years. She just hoped she could keep up the façade, pretend for as long as it took to come up with a very good excuse not to return to Madrid.

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