Educating Elizabeth
“Although they still occupied the same small space, it was if he had completely withdrawn himself from Elizabeth. She had hoped, after their night of passion, that he would be able to relax with her, but it seemed as if her sacrifice had been in vain.
He hadn't stayed in her bed and had faced her over the breakfast table with barely a word, his chilly demeanor soon reducing her to silence. Fearing his biting wit, she hadn't attempted to converse with him since the start of their journey. She sig...hed and leaned her cheek against the window as the carriage slowed to negotiate the cobbled streets and the swarming crowds of people who spilled onto the road.
She'd played her hand and now her path was clear. She had to solve the code and be on her way. It was obvious that the duke was never going to allow her to get under his guard again. She sensed it in his gaze and in every indefinable, subtle, gesture that pushed her away from him.
The coachman drew up outside the imposing entrance to Delamere house.MoreLess
He hadn't stayed in her bed and had faced her over the breakfast table with barely a word, his chilly demeanor soon reducing her to silence. Fearing his biting wit, she hadn't attempted to converse with him since the start of their journey. She sig...hed and leaned her cheek against the window as the carriage slowed to negotiate the cobbled streets and the swarming crowds of people who spilled onto the road.
She'd played her hand and now her path was clear. She had to solve the code and be on her way. It was obvious that the duke was never going to allow her to get under his guard again. She sensed it in his gaze and in every indefinable, subtle, gesture that pushed her away from him.
The coachman drew up outside the imposing entrance to Delamere house.MoreLess
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