The Prodigal Bride by Elizabeth Rolls

Author:Elizabeth Rolls
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: 0
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Georgie flushed and turned away.

‘Tell me.’

‘That I would be lucky if you didn’t divorce me. That I had disgraced myself and your name. That—’

‘Enough. Georgie—didn’t you realise that she was being spiteful? That she was furious at our marriage? And—’

‘It was no worse than what you said!’

‘What I said?’

‘That you would not tolerate being cuckolded, that you would decide what to do about our marriage when you returned. That…that you had been a fool to marry a designing little trollop! That if I had so little understanding of my duty, then I might as well take myself off and save you the trouble! That you would only tolerate my lovers after I had provided your heirs!’

Stunned, Anthony heard those words as they would have been heard by a seventeen-year-old bride of two weeks, in the most public of public places, on top of his stipulation that he wanted a marriage of convenience for an heir. That the question of love did not enter into their union.

God help him, she had believed his angry words. So she had left, assuming that he would not care, would be only too glad to be rid of her. With bitter certainty he knew she had taken nothing. She had sold her mother’s wedding ring to get home. He wouldn’t have blamed her if she’d sold her own.

‘Georgie…’ His voice died in his throat as he saw her face. Shuttered, leached of all colour and expression. As though she could no longer bear to feel anything. ‘Georgie, I—’ Too late. They were drawing into Lynd. The public street was no place for this particular discussion. He’d learnt that lesson at least.

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