Kathryn Smith by For the First Time

Author:For the First Time
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-06-08T06:17:46+00:00

Chapter 10

The morning after the ball, Blythe sat at the small, round breakfast table chewing thoughtfully on a piece of toast with jam and sipping a cup of strong, hot tea. What had she been thinking when she accepted that absurd challenge of Devlin’s? Make him fall in love with her indeed! As if she could.

He proclaimed it a winning situation for both of them, but what if one fell in love and the other didn’t? How could that be a victory? It would be hollow at best, and potentially painful for the besotted party—which she greatly feared would be she.

She couldn’t go through loving and not having that love returned. Not again. At least if they were lovers and he lost interest, he could walk away from her. Marriage would bind them forever.

“These just came for you,” Varya announced, as she swept into the room in a morning gown of garnet muslin. She carried a Wedgwood vase filled with lilies.

“Oh, how pretty.” She preferred roses. “Who are they from?”

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