Some Enchanted Evening (The Unsuitable Brides Book 3) by Merry Farmer

Author:Merry Farmer [Farmer, Merry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Priya had made so many mistakes that she didn’t know how to start counting them. She had made the mistake of thinking she could get away with one night of passion with Francis that she could carry with her as a memory forever, but that memory was now marred by the arrival of her father, brother, and husband. Not only that, the fear that they would discover the truth about what had happened and punish her for it followed her through the rest of the weekend and all the way back up to London on Monday. It was almost worse that her father hadn’t discovered the truth immediately, because she felt the possibility of that discovery hanging over her with every move she made.

Stealing a memory with Francis wasn’t the only mistake she had made. She’d been terribly foolish to entertain his suit at all. She should have put a stop to Francis’s pursuit right from the beginning. As she looked back on things while staring out the train window as she made the journey back to London with the men in her life, counting the raindrops that spattered against the train’s window as she did, she could see that she hadn’t put as much effort into rebuffing Francis as she should have because she’d been too enamored with him.

She should have been honest with Francis from the start about Jogendra. That was her other mistake. She should have let everyone in England—at college and in her limited social world—know that a marriage had taken place in Koch Bihar that meant her life would never been the same. She should have changed her name to Raikut, or at least explained to those she met what calling her “rani” truly meant.

By the time they reached London, just as the sun was setting and she could make an excuse to take herself straight to bed instead of joining the men for supper, Priya was beginning to think it had been a mistake for her to come to England to further her education in the first place. She should have stayed at home, resigning herself to her fate, instead of reaching for more than she could ever have.

“Your spirits look greatly depressed this morning, my dear,” Jogendra said to her at breakfast on Tuesday morning, as they all gathered for a meal that had been prepared and served by the Bengali servants Priya’s father had brought with him—much to the distress of the English servants, who probably feared their jobs were at risk.

Priya attempted to smile at her husband. She still couldn’t believe that was what Jogendra was now, despite being sent a full account of the proxy ceremony, along with a copy of the marriage certificate, when it had happened.

“I suppose I am just tired after a busy weekend,” she said as politely as she could. It was not Jogendra’s fault that they were wed now. Jogendra had always been kind and jolly with her. He was a nice man who enjoyed life.

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