A Match Made in Mayfair_A Pride & Prejudice Variation by APRIL FLOYD

Author:APRIL FLOYD [FLOYD, APRIL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781720899037
Amazon: 1720899037
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-06-07T00:00:00+00:00

Mr. Darcy decided to leave the park once Elizabeth had gone. Climbing back in his saddle, he turned the horse toward Grosvenor and spurred the beast into a trot. The cobblestones echoed with their passage and he took comfort in the repetitive, ringing sound.

Elizabeth. It had taken every ounce of restraint not to go to her and beg her to marry him again. He hated himself for his weakness where she was concerned but his head could not win the argument with his heart about Miss Elizabeth Bennet.

Dinner the evening before had been torture of a most exquisite kind and he wanted to throttle his sister and Anne for surprising him with the one guest who might shatter his dwindling resolve.

Returning to London had given him the distance he had required to heal the wounds she inflicted. Or so he had thought. The fact that he had been lying to himself was revealed when she walked into his salon the evening before.

He was even more in love with her now, if that were possible. Approaching Grosvenor, he turned the horse towards Rotten Row and pushed the beast until its muscles quivered with effort. The usual abandon he felt on exercising the steed in such a manner did not come and he returned home frustrated and in no mood for company.

Instead of joining his family in the breakfast room, he ran upstairs and called for his bath. He would throw himself into the work of running his family’s business and once again attempt to forget the lady with the fine eyes if it killed him.

When he came downstairs again dressed and ravenous, he sent a maid to bring him breakfast in the library and shut himself inside the darkened room without first giving his sister and cousins greetings of the morning. It mattered little as Richard eventually found him and sat uninvited whilst he finished his meal.

“You seem upset this morning, Darcy. What has happened?”

Richard knew very well what had happened to make his cousin so cross. Miss Elizabeth Bennet’s presence at their dinner table had revealed the pain Mr. Darcy had hidden since their return to London.

“I have business to attend, Richard. Nothing more than that, I fear. I would prefer to return to Pemberley before the crowds leave Town for the summer.”

“Is that why you went out before dawn to ride to Cheapside?”

Darcy looked up from the work on his desk. “How do you know where I went? No one would know that.”

Richard chuckled. “I only guessed but you confirmed it just now. You ought to be well acquainted with my tactics Darcy.”

Leaning back in his chair, Mr. Darcy sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “I was fine until I saw her appear in my salon. What game is Anne playing to invite her here?”

“Anne, play games? The very idea is silly don’t you think? She knew Miss Elizabeth was to return to London after Easter at Kent. I suppose once Bingley mentioned where her relations lived, Anne thought it might be nice to see Miss Elizabeth again.

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