Her Reluctant Groom
“Marcus shouted, bursting through the door of Patrick’s study, heedless to the fact that the three young girls were playing in the corner.
“Girls,” Patrick said slowly, piercing Marcus with his cold stare. “Why don’t you go see if Mrs. Jenkins is ready for afternoon tea?”
Marcus crossed his arms and murmured a halfhearted apology as the three girls walked past him. Once little Helena shut the door, his tirade immediately continued. “What have you done? How could you have paired those two together? Emma deserves a chance at a real marriage—”
“She’ll have a real marriage,” Patrick cut in sharply. “Wallace is a man.”
“Barely,” Marcus bit off.
Patrick shrugged. “I fail to see the problem. She’ll have what you seem so reluctant to give her.”
“No, what she’ll have is a cold, loveless marriage without children. I could have given her that.”
“Then why don’t you?”
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