Love According to Lily (Can This Be Love (American Heiress Spinoff) Book 1) by Julianne MacLean

Author:Julianne MacLean [MacLean, Julianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Julianne MacLean Publishing Inc.
Published: 2020-09-02T23:00:00+00:00

Marion entered her room in the dowager wing and shut the door behind her. She walked to the window and drew the curtains so that it was dark, then sank into the chair in front of the fireplace.

Her fingernails dug into the armrests as she squeezed them over and over. Why would her daughter not listen to reason? Why did she insist on being so insolent, and ignoring the advice of someone older and wiser than she?

Marion would never have considered being so disobedient with her own parents. They had chosen a husband for her and she had never questioned or resisted their wishes. It had not been easy, but she had endured her difficult marriage because it was her duty. Her duty!

What was wrong with these young people who would not do the responsible thing? she wondered, seething with a pent-up rage that throbbed at her temples. They all seemed to live for their passions and impulses while ignoring their obligations. Duty had to be fulfilled. It was a fact of life.

Taking a deep, shaky breath, she stared into the empty grate in the fireplace. She remembered suddenly a night in the early days of her marriage when her husband, the duke, had shouted and banged at her door. He had burst in smelling of another woman’s perfume and had thrown her private childhood journal into the fire. She had burned her hands trying to retrieve it, but in the end had watched it dissolve into ash.

Lily, you will be so unhappy with a man like Whitby....

But no. Lily was defiant. If she were ever unhappy, she would leave. If she had been in Marion’s shoes, Lily would have left the duke. In fact, she never would have married him in the first place.

Marion’s breath caught in her throat. Could she have refused to marry the man her parents had chosen, as Lily was doing now? Could she have?

No, no. She could not question that now. It made her heart pinch in her chest to even consider that she had made a mistake. She couldn’t possibly live with that thought. She couldn’t think about what her life might have been like if she had made her own choice.

I married the duke because I was an obedient daughter, and I remained at his side because I was a dutiful duchess. I did not ignore my obligations. I did the right thing.

Then she broke down into a fit of sobs.

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