To Marry A Marquess (A Regency Romance) by McCarthy Teresa

Author:McCarthy, Teresa [McCarthy, Teresa]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Published: 2012-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

After her dreadful encounter with Lord Wendover, Victoria tried to compose herself as she slipped inside Percy Hall. She wiped her tear-blotched face with the back of her hand the best she could, all the time wondering if she could make it up the stairs without anyone seeing her. But upon her as­cent, she overheard the conversation in the drawing room and stopped when Drake's angry voice reached her ears.

"Can you not see that she planned this entire incident?"

She?

Victoria bit her lip. Was he talking about her?

"I am certain that is not true," the duchess replied.

"But she has nothing! She wants to marry wealth and I will not be her pawn."

Victoria's heart plummeted to the floor. With a sob in her throat, she blindly groped for the banister and hurried to her bedchamber.

Three hours later, Drake found himself seated in his grandmother's library, wondering if there was a chance that Lady Victoria was as innocent as she seemed. Mayhap Nightham had found a sweet rose within those thorns. But why had they tried to marry by special license in a private ceremony away from home? Was it because her aunt would never have allowed it? Or was Victoria taking her family's en­tire responsibility upon her shoulders and marrying Nightham for their security?

His heart told him yes. The lady loved her family so much that she would have done anything in her power to see them properly cared for. The thought had previously oc­curred to him, but he had refused to examine it too closely. He wanted to throw her into the same category as Honoria. But Victoria was more than a pretty face. She adored William, the pest that he was. And she loved her aunt and Sarah to overflowing. She even adored his daughter. Honoria had loved no one but herself.

He frowned, tapping his finger on the desk. He wondered if she had loved Nightham with the same devotion. That thought didn't set well at all, because, confound it, he was feeling something for that woman, too.

There was a loud thump in the hall and he looked up. Probably William, he thought with a scowl. He ignored the noise and flicked open his pocket watch that he had finally found on the floor beside his bed. Somehow, it had fallen out of its stand.

Three o'clock. He flicked the timepiece closed and stared at the ink well on the corner of the desk. The letter he had sent to his solicitor might prove helpful. Wilkins always seemed to unearth the most trivial details about any matter, and now it seemed that Drake needed to know a little more about Nightham and Victoria. Perhaps all the pieces of the puzzle would finally fit together, and he would have some answers. It was obvious Victoria was not about to speak to him about it. Whether it was because her heart was broken or she was grieving, he knew not.

"I care not a wit if he wants his peace at the moment, Miles!"

Drake

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