Taxing Courtship (The Hands of Destin Book 1) by Jaycee Jarvis

Author:Jaycee Jarvis [Jarvis, Jaycee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682917138
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

“There are sad and jealous people in all walks of life.” She touched his arm. “Don’t reject this Lady because of her title alone.”

He pushed his bowl away, his appetite gone. “She is being courted by a diplomat from the capitol.”

“Oh.” His mother’s hand dropped back to the table. “Well, if her heart is engaged elsewhere, there isn’t much you can do. Water flows where water will.”

A warbler landed on a flower stalk in the garden, bending it nearly to the ground. The bird snatched a seed before flitting back into the trees. While Em’s interest in Quintin was as fleeting, her caresses in the vault had not been those of a woman in love with another man. “I don’t think she’s in love with him.”

“Then I guess the question is, are you in love with her?”

Quintin’s breath caught painfully. “Yes,” he hissed.

His mother gripped the edge of the table. “You must try to see her again, without an audit to inhibit you. Go to her temple.”

He could barely hear his mother over the blood pounding in his ears. He was in love with Em. No, with Lady Emmanuella a’Fermena and he would be wise never to forget it. He’d known since he was a child that love led to heartache, doubly so with a noble, yet somehow he’d managed to fall for a Lady. How could he be such a fool?

Dishes clattered as Elkart jumped to his feet.

Quintin grabbed at the table to steady it. What is it?

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