The Forgotten Marquess by Jane Charles

Author:Jane Charles
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 18

The fact that she trusted him enough to share her secret convinced Tristan that somewhere inside, Elaina knew him and recognized what they’d once shared.

He could also understand why she didn’t want anyone to know about the journals. Xavier would take them and hide them away for fear that it might harm Elaina, which it certainly hadn’t done. Further, they ended with the eve of their wedding, which she wasn’t yet aware, but Tristan hoped that as she read of their courtship, she’d come to understand them better.

“What have you learned so far?” He asked as he settled onto a chair. He’d only been in her set of rooms once, the night after they wed. In the chamber next door, in her bed, is where Tristan had made Elaina his. A night he’d never forget, but one she had. He’d barely glimpsed inside this sitting room as he’d been more interested in her bed, and not where she read and wrote correspondence, and apparently journals. What he wouldn’t give to sleep with her again. Not just intimacies, but just to sleep and hold her in his arms, her head upon his chest. How long before she’d allow that privilege?

“You were correct. I was very close to my grandmother.” She handed him a cup of tea.

“But you don’t have the memory?”

She shook her head. “It was like reading about someone else.”

“Did you write only about your grandmother, or your grandfather also, and other friends you might have had.” He was particularly interested in one person.

“I wrote of everyone that I knew, I assume. Or at least those who were close to me.”

He nodded. “Monique was your closest friend.”

A smile graced her lips. “Did we remain friends?”

“Yes. The two of you exchanged correspondence often and visited when you went back to be with your grandmother.” He took a sip of his tea in preparation of making his own confession. “The only time I’d ever read your personal correspondence, however, was when her letters arrived, after you were gone. I had hoped for a link to you, to know how the two of you spent your time, when you weren’t by your grandmother’s side. It was another piece of you.”

“I don’t mind,” she assured him. “What did the letter say?”

“That she was glad that the two of you had a chance to visit. That she was sorry for the loss of your grandmother and that she hoped that so much time didn’t pass before the two of you saw one another again.” The letter had also said that Monique hoped that Elaina and he could mend their relationship. That Elaina needed to understand his concern, and remember that the reasons Tristan had ordered Elaina not to travel were made from love and not to be a dictator, and that she knew that Elaina loved him just as much and not to let arguments or bitter emotions get in the way of happiness.

Tristan still had the letter, and he’d let Elaina read it, after she remembered.

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