The Seduction of Lady Phoebe (The Marriage Game) by Ella Quinn

Author:Ella Quinn [Quinn, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781601831644
Goodreads: 18337856
Published: 2014-08-06T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Phoebe stared at Anna.

“I have never known you to be such a pea goose!” Anna rebuked. “Lord Marcus Finley is the biggest catch on the Marriage Mart this Season.”

None of this made sense. She’d admit he was well looking. Well, in all fairness, more than that, and was soon to be heir to a marquisate, but... “I wonder why he’s so eligible.”

Anna heaved a sigh and shook her head. “That’s easy. Aside from his looks and prospects, he dresses fashionably, has a large personal fortune.” She paused and glanced at Phoebe. “He has a quality about him. You should hear the romantic stories that are being put about concerning his time in the West Indies. He’s every lady’s current hero. A live Minerva Press hero.”

Phoebe opened her eyes wide. “I’ve never thought about him that way. I didn’t even know he had a personal fortune.”

He did mention he’d been wealthy, but she thought . . . what had she thought?

“Oh dear, yes, why I’ve been told it is in the neighborhood of between forty to fifty thousand pounds a year.”

Phoebe felt as if her breath had been taken away. “But, I don’t understand . . .” She seemed to be saying that a lot lately. “I’ve never seen any other ladies try to draw his attention.”

Anna’s eyes twinkled in amusement. “That is because he will look at no one but you. Every time he enters a room, he immediately searches for you, pretending blindness to all others until he’s by your side. I cannot tell you the number of ladies who are waiting for you to knock him down so they’ll have a chance.”

Phoebe glanced around to insure no one was close and smiled. “Actually, I did knock him down once many years ago.”

“Well, he must be the only one who didn’t give up on you afterward,” Anna replied sagely. “With you off the Marriage Mart, the rest of us will have more opportunity with the gentlemen left over. With Lord Marcus fixing his attentions, I know why I have been able to command so much of Lord Rutherford’s time lately.”

“Anna, what a bouncer!” Phoebe exclaimed. “You know very well Rutherford gave up on me long ago. He told me he could not marry a lady with a more punishing right than his.”

Miss Marsh frowned. “Be that as it may, he has used you as an excuse for too long. One he will not have anymore, should you marry Lord Marcus.”

Phoebe gave her friend a knowing look. “This Season promises to be more interesting than I first thought.”

Lightly shrugging, Anna replied, “I don’t know about that. Rutherford and I have known each other forever. If he has, indeed, decided to turn his attention to me, after having ignored me for so long, he will find he must earn the privilege.”

Phoebe asked softly, “Have you loved him very long?”

Anna started to throw up her hands and stopped, as if remembering where she was. “Only all my life. I used to try to follow my brother Harry and him when I was just in pigtails.

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