Courting Constance (Fountain of Love) by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2014-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

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Instead of leaving right away, Charles sought out Kit. He liked the other man despite having to protect his sister’s honor with his fists when he’d first discovered he was the man to have ruined Lily.

He knocked on the other man’s study, standing outside the door waiting. “Enter!”

Charles opened the door and walked inside. “Do you have a few minutes?”

Kit looked at him warily. “That depends. Are you going to hit me or talk to me?”

Charles smiled. “I’m done hitting you. I did what I had to do for my sister.”

“Oh, I know that, but I still see you and want to rub my eye.” He waved to the seat across from his huge oak desk. “What can I do for you?”

Charles wasn’t sure how to say what he needed to say, so he just blurted it right out. “I’m in love with your nurse.”

Kit frowned. “My nurse? Oh! Constance. Is she here now?” He started to stand to go and see if Lily was pleased.

“Yes, I’m in love with Constance. Aren’t you shocked?”

Kit looked at his brother-in-law and realized that right at that moment, he needed him more than Lily did. “No, I’m not shocked. I saw how you were looking at her at dinner the other night.”

Charles sighed. “I didn’t realize I was so obvious.”

Kit laughed softly. “No man has ever been more obvious. Well, except me with Lily maybe.”

“I can’t marry her! She’s a servant.”

“She was raised country gentry. It’s not a match that London matrons would approve of certainly, but you live in the country. Your whole life is here except for when you’re in town for parliament. You can leave her at home then or take her with you. No one will mind either way.” Kit shrugged. “That obstacle is only in your mind.”

Charles leaned back in his chair. “And my father’s.”

“Your father was a judgmental ass.” Kit shook his head. “If it had been up to him, Lily would never have married me. She’d have been forced to marry the man with the highest title who offered for her, and her feelings would have been ignored.”

“It’s the way of Society.”

“It may be, but I can tell you, marrying for love is so much better than pleasing others. I can’t imagine my life with anyone but your sister. She’s the only woman I’ve ever cared for this way.” Kit shrugged. “I guess you need to decide if love is more important to you than how Society will see things. I think it is.”

Charles struggled with the thought for a moment. “You and Lily wouldn’t stop seeing us if I married her?”

Kit laughed. “Why would we do that? We’ve been in your position. She was too far above me to marry, at least your father thought so.” He paused, staring at the wall behind Charles for a moment. “To me, being with the only woman in the world God meant for just me is so much more important than anything else. Don’t give up on your love for her.

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