Unsuitable Bride For a Viscount by Elizabeth Beacon

Author:Elizabeth Beacon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-04-08T15:43:02+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Marianne carefully avoided him for the rest of the day and one or two after that. It was not until his stone masons and carpenters began work on the chapel a couple of days later that she confronted Alaric over their mission.

‘You and Yelverton were so worried about your father making the journey to the next village and back to marry him to Miss Grantham I thought they might as well be wed here instead. The chapel is only a few hundred yards away, so there is no need to worry about carriages and delays if the marriage takes place here.’

‘How do you know the chapel is still consecrated?’

‘Because I asked your brother and he asked the local vicar.’

‘You would.’

‘I did and the reverend gentleman is happy to oblige the local lord of the manor so your father can perform the ceremony.’

‘Smug and managing,’ she said. ‘I have to admire you for it,’ she added, ‘although I am surprised Darius and Fliss are meekly agreeing to all your plans.’

‘Apparently true love means doing almost anything for your beloved.’

‘Does it indeed? I doubt it will ever do so for you, my lord.’

‘So do I,’ he said with a pinch of real sadness under his cynical smile. He doubted he could ever be undefended enough to love beyond reason.

‘And I am far too busy supervising all the maids and handymen now flocking about the house getting in each other’s way to stop here and argue with you any longer,’ she informed him and marched back to her housekeeping duties.

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