Harlequin Historical December 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2 : Christmas Kiss from the Sheriff / Bound by a Scandalous Secret / the Governess's Secret Baby (9781488027413)

Author:Albright, Kathryn; Gaston, Diane; Preston, Janice
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488027413
Publisher: Harlequin Sales Corp
Published: 2016-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

After Ross left, Genna danced around the drawing room, the way she’d danced in her bedchamber the day before. No one would guess that her happiness was not in anticipation of marriage to a duke’s heir. It was because he’d set her free to be herself for the whole Season and more.

It would be impossible to keep her happiness a secret. It burst from her every pore. The source of it might need to be kept secret, but the emotion could not be held in. Still, it felt so precious to her she wanted to keep it to herself a little while longer, savour it alone in all its aspects. Unfortunately Tinmore would tell Lorene soon enough. Genna would rather her sister hear the news from her.

She smoothed her skirt and tidied her hair and took a deep breath. She could pretend to be composed, at least for a little while. She left the room with her head held high and her step unhurried, when she really felt like skipping and taking the stairs two at a time.

Lorene would probably be in her sitting room where she spent a great deal of her time practising on the pianoforte there. It was not as grand as the pianoforte in the drawing room, but it was the one she preferred.

As she neared the room’s door, though, she did not hear music—except the joyous refrain inside her.

Genna knocked anyway and heard Lorene say, ‘Come in.’

Genna opened the door.

Lorene stood. ‘Genna, I was just about to send for you. Look who is here.’

Her sister Tess came up to her and bussed her cheek. ‘I thought I would call upon my sisters. I have not seen you since the opera. Lorene has been telling me all about the musicale you attended and the Duchess of Archester’s ball. Did you enjoy yourself?’

Ross had engineered those invitations, Genna was sure. ‘I did.’

She could hardly keep from hopping from one foot to the other. How fortunate that both of her sisters were here. She could tell them both at once.

‘I am glad you are here, Tess,’ she said, ‘because I have some news.’

‘That Lord Rossdale called upon Tinmore?’ Lorene broke in. ‘I told her of it.’

Genna hesitated. Had Lorene been told why he called? Did they already know?

Lorene turned to Tess. ‘Tinmore has lately become better acquainted with Rossdale’s father, the Duke of Kessington.’

‘Did you tell Tess that Rossdale took me for a ride in Hyde Park yesterday?’ she asked instead.

Tess looked surprised. ‘He did?’

‘That is not all,’ Genna said. ‘He called upon me today after seeing Tinmore.’

‘He has been attentive to Genna, that is true.’ Lorene made it sound as if she’d forgotten such an unimportant event.

‘He had a reason for calling upon me,’ she said.

Genna looked from one sister to the other. ‘I am betrothed to him.’ The words sounded awkward to her ears, but she could not make herself say he’d asked her to marry him. He had not done that. The proposal was for a betrothal, not marriage.

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