Her Lady's Fortune by Renee Dahlia

Author:Renee Dahlia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lesfic, lesbian romance, wwi
Publisher: Renee Dahlia
Published: 2021-04-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Priya stepped into the lobby of London’s Ritz Hotel and looked around for Rosalie. When she’d read Rosalie’s note, the choice had surprised her. Why had she selected one of the most popular lunch spots in town? The food was incredible at the Ritz, those little tea sandwiches were so fresh and delightful, and the cakes were always elegant and sweet. To select such a pretentious glamourous location surprised Priya, especially given Rosalie’s reticence over their last public meeting. The Ritz was hugely popular with London’s rich and famous meaning they would be seen. If she’d wanted less publicity, surely Rosalie could have suggested they meet at a private club, and many of those were now open to having women on their exclusive membership. Surely the Sanderson name opened many doors. Just when she thought she had Rosalie figured out, she made a choice that unbalanced her again. It intrigued her and pulled her out of her own head which... She breathed out. Wasn’t that part of her fascination?

“Hello. You are late.” Rosalie tapped her wristwatch.

“Yes. My errands took a little longer than I anticipated. I hope you weren’t waiting too long.”

Rosalie pursed her lips. “No.”

“Why here?”

“The Ritz, specifically, or...” Rosalie glanced around. “We agreed to a hotel for this business meeting.” She emphasized the business part of her sentence.

Priya nodded. “Yes.” With a sharp breath, Priya realised this flutter in her stomach wasn’t anticipation. It was nerves. It’d been so long since she’d had a tryst with someone, she’d forgotten the etiquette around it all. “Should we confer in the lounge, or go direct to a room?”

“I rather think our discussion requires some confidentiality.”

“Excuse me.”

Priya whipped around at the masculine voice. “Yes?”

“Are you here to discuss the takeover plans outlined in the paper? I’m Mr Robertson with the Daily and I couldn’t help overhear you mention a confidential business discussion.”

“That is none of your business.” Rosalie’s voice tightened.

If Priya didn’t say something, this could go very wrong, and they’d already dedicated too much time to this nonsense. “I take it are referring to the invented story by Fraud Finder this morning. It’s such a shame that journalistic standards are slipping to the point where such obviously untrue nonsense can get published.”

“But you were seen together at The Goring and now this.”

“And if you’d been at your offices instead of following me around town, you would have seen the press release that explains it all.”

The man frowned. “One doesn’t find the news by sitting in an office. One has to go and search for the news.” His pretention made Priya want to roll her eyes, and only many years of being seen as a representative of her family in public stopped her.

“And yet, I delivered the news directly to you.”

“Can I at least have a quote?”

“Yes.” She waited for Mr Robertson to produce a pencil and notebook. “Carlingford Enterprises is very excited to be involved with the new charity and we are especially thrilled to be partnering with a

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