Falling for the Marquess by Julianne MacLean

Author:Julianne MacLean
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2020-08-19T23:00:00+00:00

When the news of her stepson’s sudden haste to marry the American heiress reached Quintina’s ears the next day, she gazed helplessly across the breakfast table at Gillian. Time seemed to stand still for a few seconds.

An American. Quintina could have spit on her toast.

All was quiet, until Gillian burst into tears and ran out.

Quintina sat in her chair, staring blankly at the wall. She felt numb. Sick. Disgusted. How could this have happened? Marriage terrified Seger. He had never been willing to face the permanence or the commitment. Nor had he been willing to let go of the past, in particular the daughter of an insipid, working-class merchant.

At least she had been English.

Quintina had foolishly believed that she had all the time in the world to make Gillian the next Lady Rawdon. She had thought her niece was the only young woman with even the slightest chance with Seger because she was the only one Seger spent any time with on a regular basis—the only unmarried girl who didn’t apply any pressure, the sort of pressure that always made him rebel into extreme bachelorhood.

Quintina had also believed that she could put an end to his engagement and send Gillian in to take over where the heiress had left off, after having lit the stove, so to speak.

A sudden heated rage rose up inside Quintina. Gillian had been waiting forever. She’d wanted Seger since she was a girl!

Quintina rose from her chair, picked up a vase full of flowers from the sideboard, and smashed it on the floor.

The American. In two weeks. It couldn’t be true.

She took a number of deep breaths to calm herself, then left the breakfast room and informed the housekeeper that she required a carriage right away. She had to send an urgent telegram to America. She could not let this marriage take place.

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