The Viscount Forgotten (Lords of London Book 3) by Emma Evans

Author:Emma Evans [Evans, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-10T23:00:00+00:00

The carriage ride home was a quiet one. Lord Guthrie said very little, sitting in the corner of the carriage and staring intently out of the window as though the dark streets held some great secret only he could decipher. Sophia watched him carefully as Captain Drake talked with Mrs. Drake about the very pleasant evening he had enjoyed, playing cards and talking with various gentlemen whilst enjoying their hosts’ very good brandy.

It did not so much as raise a smile to Sophia’s lips. Instead, she sat quietly and wondered what Lord Guthrie might be thinking. He had retreated into himself further than she had ever seen before, her heart clenching as she thought of his anger that had been so furious the moment she had come back to him after the waltz.

He is a divorced man.

Her heart ached as Sophia realized she knew very little about Lord Guthrie. He had never given even the smallest hint that he had ever been married before. There had not been a word mentioned about his divorce, and she had never once considered it. Divorce was not something that was looked upon with any kind of favor and those who pursued it were given a wide berth by the beau monde for a very long time afterwards.

Apparently, it had been some time ago if Lord Guthrie was willing to attempt to reenter society, although he seemed to glean no pleasure from it.

Chewing her lip, Sophia wondered whether or not she ought to say something to him before they were home, but nothing came to her mind. The tension grew like a thick cloud between them, shrouding him from her view. When the time came for them to leave Lord Guthrie’s carriage, she found herself murmuring only the smallest of goodbyes, which he did not return. It was as if he did not even see her there, did not realize that they had left him alone.

Standing on the London street, Sophia watched as the footman shut the carriage door and tapped on the roof. It was as though they were sealing Lord Guthrie and taking him away, hiding him within the confines of the carriage. That was the life of a divorced gentleman, always hiding away from the limelight, knowing that people would never look at him the same way again.

In the same way that Sophia knew she could never look at him in the same light again. His divorce was a secret he had been hiding from her, one that could taint even her own life here in London as she made her way through the Season. Why had he never told her? Why was he so afraid to be honest with her about who he was and what he had been through? Was it that he liked to keep his true self hidden, wrapped under layers of a façade that he was afraid she might see through?

More confused than ever before, Sophia sighed heavily to herself and turned away, climbing the steps into Lord Thackery’s townhouse.

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