The Hidden Heiress by Juliet Moore

Author:Juliet Moore [Moore, Juliet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Romance / Historical
Published: 2011-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

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Isabel took only one step into the morning room before being frozen in her tracks. "Marshall."

He looked up from the table, his fork poised in mid-air. He dropped his silverware and pushed his chair away from the table. "Don't mind me. I was just leaving."

She hurried in and picked a plate off the sideboard to keep her hands busy. "You haven't even finished your breakfast. Please stay."

He shook his head. "I have some business I need to attend to."

"That can't wait the extra few minutes?"

"No."

"Oh. Then I'm sorry that I've kept you." She deposited her plate on the table, taking special care not to meet his eyes.

He crossed the room, passing behind her chair so fast that she felt a whoosh of air. "This was your decision, Isabel. You wanted it to be this way."

"I didn't realize that 'this way' would be so uncomfortable," she replied.

"Uncomfortable. Is that what you call it?"

"Well--"

"Don't worry. I shall do everything in my power to make sure you never feel that way again."

She turned to glare at him over the high back of the dining room chair. "You are determined to misunderstand everything I say!"

He buttoned his coat with shaking hands. "I think I have a firm grasp of your feelings for me."

"And what of your feelings for me?"

"As you've told me many times before, they are not very proper." He gave a flamboyant bow. "I've suddenly decided to work on my manners."

Isabel started to shake. She held one hand with the other and turned back to her breakfast.

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