Ducal Encounters 03 - Portrait of a Duke
“He had no legitimate reason to do so, other than an overwhelming desire to see Nia. But, by failing to receive him in person the previous day, she had made it perfectly clear that her feelings did not mirror his own. He had stretched out his visit to the point of rudeness, hoping she would appear. He tried not to react each time he heard a light tread on the boarded floor immediately outside the drawing room door where he was received by Sophia Ash. Surely she would come eventually.
But Nia did... not appear. Sophia implied she could not be spared from her grandfather’s studio, but Vince suspected that was untrue.
Facts needed to be faced. Nia was deliberately avoiding him.
Unused to being shunned by members of either sex, Vince struggled to understand why she felt the need to distance herself from him. Surely she understood his only desire was to be of service to her? Well, that was not precisely true. From Vince’s perspective, Nia Trafford’s name and ‘desire’ were words better not used in the same sentence.MoreLess
But Nia did... not appear. Sophia implied she could not be spared from her grandfather’s studio, but Vince suspected that was untrue.
Facts needed to be faced. Nia was deliberately avoiding him.
Unused to being shunned by members of either sex, Vince struggled to understand why she felt the need to distance herself from him. Surely she understood his only desire was to be of service to her? Well, that was not precisely true. From Vince’s perspective, Nia Trafford’s name and ‘desire’ were words better not used in the same sentence.MoreLess
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