Inspired by Grace by Jeanna Ellsworth

Author:Jeanna Ellsworth [Ellsworth, Jeanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2015-05-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Gavin led Grace into the foyer. “Well, Gigi, how was your ride with Harrison?” Gavin forced himself to ask. He did not wish to hear it was good.

“It was good.”

He tried not to groan.

To need someone is to love someone. Be the friend she needs you to be. Show an interest in her suitors. “How delightful,” he muttered. Trying again to muster enthusiasm, he asked, “And what did you and Harrison talk about?” He braced himself for the answer.

“Actually we talk about your plans for marrying.”

He heard the mirth in her voice, and he looked down at her. “Indeed? And what shall be the plan? Am I to marry an heiress? Or a genteel woman of no status whom I will elevate with my title? Ooo, I know: a princess who is locked away in a dungeon!”

Grace’s laughter made him relax a great deal. He could always make her laugh, and it was very important to him. Grace finished taking off her bonnet and handed it along with her gloves to Robison. Grace announced, “Actually, Gavin, if you must know, I have resolved to find you a wife!”

“You have what?” Gavin asked. He heard Robison chuckle slightly as he walked away.

“You need a wife!” Grace said.

He scoffed and said, “You sound like my mother.”

A most unwelcome voice interrupted their private moment in the entryway. His mother said, “Who sounds like me and how shall I thank them?”

Grace walked over to the duchess and kissed her cheek. “I apparently sounded like you when I told him he needs to find a wife.”

“And so he does! If that is all it takes to sound like me, then I must be the most thoroughly imitated lady of the ton! And I so dearly wished to be original. But I shall accept being only average in exchange for more grandchildren. Gavin does not know what is good for him.”

“Mother, please. Grace was only offering her matchmaking skills.”

“And what good will that do? I have tried to find you a match for years, but I have gotten nowhere! Are not my skills just as valuable? If you only knew how many letters I have written on your behalf, Gavin, inventing ways for you to meet eligible ladies.”

Grace eyed Gavin knowingly and said, “Speaking of which, I believe Gavin has a few burning questions for you on that subject.”

“I do?”

“You do?” His mother echoed. “On the subject of meeting eligible young ladies? Well, it is about time.”

He was perplexed. What did he need to ask his mother? And why was Grace acting like he should know what it was about?

“Well, ask her, Gavin. Ask her what we have meant to ask her for the last few days.”

He tried to read what Grace was playing at. She was teasing him, obviously, but what question was she suggesting? He stared at her and said, “Yes, well . . . there are several questions that we have . . . but I will let Gigi begin. Ladies first.”

Grace smirked at his ploy to not play the fool and turned to face the duchess.

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