Strong Desires by Emily Ward

Author:Emily Ward
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-12-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Liam paced up and down his study. Eleanor hadn’t sent word about how things had gone, and he knew that he was going to have to give the girl a chance. But it didn’t mean that he wouldn't worry. “I hope this worked.” He wrung his hands as he made his way through his study, not paying attention to anything in there. The place had belonged to his father before the older Lord Francis had passed away.

“Liam calm down.” He was talking to himself, muttering in hopes that everything was going to turn out. But he knew that story books never turned out true enough.

Now it was all on him, and he was required to take care of his family’s estate and care for his mother at the same time. The older woman was a matriarch, but she very much wasn’t the type of person to stay quiet in her room while her son was consistently making what she considered mistakes. While she didn’t hold the lands anymore, it was clear to almost everyone that she was in charge.

Before this moment he had actually liked it that way. He could wander through life doing whatever he wanted to do with it, and he knew that his mother would take care of it all.

He groaned, his thoughts running away from him once again. He had to focus. “Take a seat. You need to get some paperwork done. The wedding may be coming sooner than you expected or you may be signing your life away.” He rubbed his face as he paced himself through the self-talk.

He went to sit at his desk. There had to be something that he could do to distract him from the worries on his mind. It didn’t work and he went back to pacing within a few minutes.

This continued for hours, and late into the night before he could finally sleep.

It wasn’t until afternoon the next day that she arrived. The waiting by this point had caused him to wear a trail into the carpet in the small office he used to manage his family’s affairs. He saw her carriage pulling into his courtyard and rushed out of the room and down the stairs.

Opening the door, he discovered that the woman wasn’t alone. She was with her father. The man was clearly angry. “What was the meaning of this?”

“I’m sorry, sir. I never meant to drag your daughter through any trouble. She deserves much better.” Liam sighed softly. He knew that he deserved this anger. He had made many mistakes. He had made countless mistakes and he had hurt Eleanor. The thought of that caused pain to form in his chest. He wanted to protect her.

“You’re absolutely right.” Sir Cole was practically spitting with rage. “You’ve damaged our family’s reputation beyond belief. I’ve already had words with my daughter, but this is going to be fixed and quickly.” Liam had heard rumors about the kind of anger this man could carry, but never before had he been willing to speak about it.

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