Maxwell, Cathy. by Treasured Vows

Author:Treasured Vows [Vows, Treasured]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-04-19T20:33:48.718000+00:00

Treasured Vows \ 187

With malicious satisfaction Lady Evans responded, “My dear, life is rarely fair.” The pile of clothing on the chair then caught her attention. “Oh, gracious, these things will be hopelessly wrinkled, and I do so love this ruffled muslin dress on you.

We’ll have to see that it is aired and pressed. We can’t have you looking anything less than your best for your bridegroom, can we?” She gave Phadra her sweetest smile.

The messenger sent to London didn’t return until well past midnight. Phadra sat still and tense on a hard high-backed chair, her hands tightly clasped in front of her. She prayed that something had happened to prevent the man from purchasing the license.

A knock sounded at the door a brief second before Lady Evans and Mrs. Allen entered the room. “Arise, Phadra. Your moment has come,” Lady Evans announced.

“I love weddings,” Mrs. Allen confided, her mobcap bobbing in excitement.

Phadra was tempted to offer Mrs. Allen her place in the event but decided that it was not the time for sarcasm.

She’d thought long and hard over the past hours.

Her childhood dreams had been spent fantasizing about her reunion with her father. Marriage had always been something distant and not quite attain-able. Even over the past weeks, when she’d been presented with suitors, it had never seemed a reality.

Now she was marrying a man she barely knew. A man who was marrying her out of honor only, with none of the other, finer emotions. A man who could now be blackmailed because of her.

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