in1 by Madeline Hunter

Author:Madeline Hunter
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Alexia, we should make some decisions about this marriage.”

“A quick wedding, I think. Very private, with a simple announcement, if you do not mind. Everyone will know that you would marry a penniless governess only to do the honorable thing. It would be in bad taste to have a large, dramatic wedding.”

“We will do it that way if you prefer. However, this season we will host a ball and you will order an exorbitantly expensive gown for it.”

“To make up for the small wedding?”

Yes, and for the first season and all the feminine indulgences and joys she had been denied. “It will be a convenient way to introduce you to all of my friends.”

She smiled weakly. The notion of facing his friends sent her back into her private contemplations. She did not emerge from them until they entered London. “We have been in this coach for hours, but you have not even tried to kiss me.”

“Have you been waiting for a grand seduction all this time?” Temptation’s arrows had prodded him the whole way, but he’d be damned before he admitted it. Passion might pass and not really matter, but for now it ruled him more than he thought possible. “I thought I would wait until we are married.”

That amused her. “So now I am an innocent again, until the wedding? It is a charming hypocrisy, but I appreciate your care with my dignity.”

“Since you requested a quick wedding, I need not wait long. I can afford to be magnanimous.”

She laughed. The setting sun’s light flooded her face. Its golden glow eliminated the shadows of caution that had darkened her eyes the whole day.

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