Games of Desire for Lady Hellion by Olivia Bennet

Author:Olivia Bennet
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2020-08-21T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

I saac leaned back in his chair, the quill tickling his lips as he thought. His study was large and neatly arranged, each paper and each book in just the right place. At one end of the room was a large window, although it was draped with muslin to keep the too-bright sunlight out and distracting him from his work. The walls were lined with bookshelves, and the only furniture in there was a large desk and a single chair at which he sat. He kept it simple and unadorned but well-organized, much like his mind.

He sighed, reading once again through the letter he had written to the Earl of Estnell. He had requested a meeting at the Earl’s earliest convenience. He had not mentioned his intention, preferring instead to reveal that in person, but he did express the importance of haste.

He was not happy with the letter he had written, but he had already re-written it twice, unsure what to say. He was asking the man who murdered his father for his daughter’s hand in marriage. It was not a situation he had been in before—nor, he imagined, had many people.

He folded the letter and then he held a bar of red wax to the candle until it dripped onto the fold and sealed it. He pushed his stamp into the cooling wax, leaving the Gallonon crest clear within it, and then he rang the bell behind him to request the attendance of the butler.

There was barely a minute’s wait before Hobbes arrived and Isaac smiled at him. He was lucky to have such reliable and dedicated staff.

“You rang, Your Grace?”

“Yes,” he said, handing the letter over to him. “See to it that this missive gets to the Earl of Estnell as rapidly as possible. It is of the utmost importance. Is that clear?”

“Yes, Your Grace.”

Hobbes took the letter and left the room, closing the door quietly behind him as he went.

Isaac watched the back of the door a while, watching the letter leaving his person, and he wondered if he had done the right thing. If it were not for the plan, he was sure this was the best thing. He could no longer deny he was in love with Diana, and he dearly wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

And on the other hand, too. If it were not for his love of Diana, he would be certain of his course of action. The plan he and Thomas had worked on for so long was coming to fruition, and for that he should be glad, but instead all he felt was a stabbing guilt and fear of what the outcome could possibly be.

Isaac groaned and let his head fall into his hands. He had got himself into quite a pickle and he had no idea how he would get himself out of it. Part of him hoped that if he ignored the problem, it would simply solve itself.

If only.

As if he knew Isaac was thinking of him, Thomas poked his head around the door, not knocking, much to Isaac’s chagrin.

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