Desperate Duchess by Eloisa James

Author:Eloisa James
Language: ron
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Mrs. Grope bowed her head magnificently, as one receiving her due. Damon’s hand fell from Roberta’s.

“Pay your addresses, eh?” her father said, looking rather deflated. “I suppose the world is coming to a place where I might have to give my only daughter to one who doesn’t understand poetry.”

Villiers looked at Roberta and she felt the thrill of it to the bottom of her spine. “She has not yet accepted my hand,” he said.

Roberta couldn’t think what to say. Was that a proposal?

“Doubtless she will consider your merits in due time,” her father said. “Roberta can look to the very highest in the land when she decides to choose a spouse.”

Villiers’s sardonic look indicated that he was the very highest in the land, but luckily, Fowle reentered the room and announced that the chambers had been prepared if Mrs. Grope and the marquess would be so kind as to follow him.

Jemma led the way, the marquess’s hand tucked in her arm, and Villiers held his arm out to Mrs. Grope. So Roberta and Damon followed. For some reason she felt rather shy about meeting his eyes.

He pulled her back as they were about to leave the room.

“Damme,” he said and she could hear incredulity in his voice. “What the devil are you about, Roberta?”

“What do you mean?”

“Villiers? How did you manage that?”

She bristled. “Need there be an explanation that involves trickery?” Although to tell the truth, she couldn’t quite believe what had just happened.

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