A Disgraceful Miss
“Marie-Rose Delacourt said as she slid the last couple of steps to join Angelica. “I need to speak with you. Now,” she said in a tone pitched low so it wouldn’t carry in the large assembly room. With several hundred people chattering and the musicians tuning their instruments, there wasn’t much to be overheard, but Marie-Rose tended toward the melodramatic.
Angelica leaned in close. “What is it, then?”
“Yes, well—” Marie-Rose took a deep breath and then the words erupted like a geyser “—Lord Bra...dley’s back. He’s here. Tonight.”
Her Bradley?
It wasn’t shock precisely, nor yet the fierce patter of excitement that she had once felt at just the thought of Bradley Carston. Her fingertips went cold and her heart accelerated, yes. She had waited as he first went to university, then on the Grand Tour, and the moment now ripened with significance.
And, perhaps, a tiny twinge of guilt.
After all, she had pined for Bradley as long as she could remember, but recently she had dreamt about Julian Kenneway, the Earl of Vinedale.MoreLess
Angelica leaned in close. “What is it, then?”
“Yes, well—” Marie-Rose took a deep breath and then the words erupted like a geyser “—Lord Bra...dley’s back. He’s here. Tonight.”
Her Bradley?
It wasn’t shock precisely, nor yet the fierce patter of excitement that she had once felt at just the thought of Bradley Carston. Her fingertips went cold and her heart accelerated, yes. She had waited as he first went to university, then on the Grand Tour, and the moment now ripened with significance.
And, perhaps, a tiny twinge of guilt.
After all, she had pined for Bradley as long as she could remember, but recently she had dreamt about Julian Kenneway, the Earl of Vinedale.MoreLess
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