Sleepless in Saunton: A Regency Age Gap Romance (Inconvenient Brides Book 4) by Nina Jarrett

Author:Nina Jarrett [Jarrett, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781957185170
Publisher: Rogue Press
Published: 2023-07-02T23:00:00+00:00

Barclay did not like to display his emotions, but he was sorely tempted to rip the letter in two. Or perhaps tear the drapes from the fittings. Or throw something through the window. Anything to assuage his fury at the unkind and unmerited words.

When Aurora had told him she wished to reapply, he wanted to dissuade her, afraid she might be disappointed yet again. But she had been so confident that a connection to a powerful and wealthy earl might change the minds of the spiteful harpies, so he had not the heart to squash her dreams.

“These women are worthless, Mother! You must cast them from your mind and speak of them no more!”

Aurora’s tears had subsided, but her face still rested on his shoulder. “I should have paid you heed when you said not to write, but I was so sure …” Her voice thickened once more, and he was afraid she would weep again. Carefully, he settled her back into her chair and sat down, resting his hand on hers while he tried to find words of comfort. Guilt coiled within his belly, leaving him breathless from the strength of it. Guilt that, like a narcotic, threatened to drag him into oblivion.

“This is my fault.”

Aurora looked up at him, confusion on her tear-stained face. “Why?”

“If you had given me up, you would have been able to lead a full life, free of scorn and derision. No one would ever have been the wiser I even existed.”

“Never, Barclay! That was never an option. I would receive a thousand cruel rejection letters and never for a moment regret that you are in my life. This is just a silly dream that has been dashed for the last time. I am disappointed, but I will dry my eyes and life will continue.”

“I have never understood why this particular society was so important to you.”

Aurora sighed, hanging her head to focus on the hands she was wringing in her lap.

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