Unconventional Suitors 02 - Her Unconventional Hero by Ginny Hartman

Author:Ginny Hartman [Hartman, Ginny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781511765794
Published: 2015-04-22T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Adel pulled the curtains closed the minute she got into the carriage, her anger giving away to humiliated tears as she thought back to the tender feelings she had begun to harbor for Lord Straton, but that was over now. Their friendship was ruined, and the thought of showing her face in society only deepened her humiliation. Had Lord Straton’s friends been watching her the last several weeks, laughing at his pathetic attempts to court her? And what of Lady Danford? She had thought her a friend of sorts, never once suspecting that she could have ulterior motives behind her politeness. Adel felt betrayed.

It took her several minutes to compose herself enough to alight from the carriage and enter the townhouse once she had arrived home. She said a silent prayer of gratitude when she learned that Aunt Tabitha and Katherine were not yet back from their shopping excursion.

She hurried to her room and quickly dismissed her maid after letting her take her pelisse and bonnet, even going as far as to lock the door behind her to assure her privacy. Sitting down at her writing desk she noticed a blank white envelope. She broke the seal and slid her payment from the envelope before walking to the fireplace and throwing the letter into the low burning flames without even reading the note from Mr. Bell.

Returning to her desk, she took out a piece of parchment and wrote:

Rose,

I wanted to apologize for leaving without saying goodbye in person. Something unexpected has come up and I must return to Kent for a time. I wanted you to have this money and to know that I wish you the best. I will forever remember you and pray that one day your happiness will be realized.

Lady Adel

Adel took her final payment from Mr. Bell and combined it with the remainder of her pin money, stuffing the contents into the envelope before sealing it. By the time Rose received it, she would be long gone from London.

She rested her elbows on her desk and propped her head in her hands. She felt weary from the crying and from the anger, but more than anything, her heart was breaking. She thought back to the tender kisses she and Griffin had exchanged and her heart literally ached. He had been an expert at the game he had been playing with her, drawing her in with the conversations about his mother and tricking her with his kisses. She had felt something stir within in her breast, her very soul, as he had pressed his lips to hers. Had he not felt it too?

Adel groaned. It would do her well not to contemplate such things, for it only served to make her more miserable.

She had no idea how long she sat with her head in her hands until footsteps in the hall alerted her that Katherine must be home. She stood, walking to her looking glass to glance at her appearance. She looked nearly as wretched as she felt, but perhaps that would work to her advantage.

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