Forever Yours by Monica Burns

Author:Monica Burns
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Time Travel, Historical Romance, Reincarnation, Paranormal
Publisher: Monica Burns
Published: 2022-07-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Anna turned her head to survey the packed ballroom. She’d seen sardines in nets that weren’t packed together as tightly as the throng collected in the Farthington’s ballroom tonight. It wasn’t a small room by any means, which only made the crowded room feel even more overwhelming. It was as if everyone in the Marlborough Set had accepted the invitation to the ball.

She flinched as a woman standing nearby laughed at something her companion had said. It was a twittering sound she’d come to hate because Lady Margaret always laughed the same way. Anna gritted her teeth at the thought of the woman. Lately she’d been hearing rumors that Sebastian was on the verge of proposing to Lady Margaret, and she hated how it made her feel every time someone mentioned it.

Lady Harding was right, the woman would never make him happy. But she wasn’t sure who could. The sudden sound of someone calling her name pushed through her thoughts, and Anna turned toward the voice. The sight of Charlotte Plummer pushing her way through the crowd made Anna smile.

The two of them had struck up a conversation about the Rosetta Stone the day Sebastian had taken her to the museum. When they’d crossed paths several weeks later at one of the soirée’s she’d attended, Anna had been hesitant to say more than a couple of polite words to Charlotte, knowing she was Lady Margaret’s niece.

But when the two of them had met by chance at the museum several days later, they’d struck up a conversation about Egyptian and Roman history. Charlotte was nothing like her aunt, which had been Anna’s biggest concern. Since their second meeting, the two of them had become good friends.

Outgoing and quite pleasant, Charlotte’s love of history was as avid as Anna’s, and it made the young woman easy to talk to. Lady Margaret was never mentioned when the two of them spoke. A fact for which Anna was grateful because she was certain she’d not be able to keep from saying something rude about Charlotte’s aunt.

While her friend had never said anything derogatory about her aunt, Anna had seen Charlotte’s eyes flash with annoyance whenever Lady Margaret arrogantly gestured for her niece to remove herself from Anna’s presence. A wide smile on her sweet face, Charlotte came to a halt in front of her and immediately kissed Anna on the cheek. She then stepped back to eye Anna with a mischievously critical glance before laughing.

“Perfect, as always. I so admire your ability to wear such rich colors.” Charlotte stared down at her own gown with a woebegone look. “I hate wearing all these pastels Aunt Margaret insists I wear.”

Anna winced at her friend’s observation, and Charlotte shook her head with disgust.

“There’s no need to say a word. I know exactly why Aunt Margaret makes me wear such unflattering dresses. She doesn’t want anyone to know I’m much older than she says.” Anger flared in the young woman’s eyes as she looked across the room.

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