Imposter Bride
““Yes, Puckett?”
“You have a visitor,” he said, looking to the side as if that was hint enough to take the mystery out of his odd behavior.
“Well?” Ramsay waved him away, still busy with his accounts. “Show him in.”
“It’s a lady, sir.”
Lady? Ramsay rose out of habit, wondering if Sophie had decided to challenge his hard won personal policy of silence.
It would be like her to try to cajole him out of his decision, but he would remain firm, no matter what she did in an attempt to change his mind. ...He was surprised and somewhat disappointed when Lady Auliffe swept into the room.
“What an ungodly amount of stairs!” she exclaimed.
“Madam, had I known—”
“Tish!” She waved the air with a gloved hand. “‘Twas good exercise.”
Ramsay strode forward to help her to a chair, amazed that a woman, whom he guessed must be in her seventies, had climbed the three flights of stairs and still had breath enough to speak.
“You are remarkable, your ladyship,” he said.MoreLess
“You have a visitor,” he said, looking to the side as if that was hint enough to take the mystery out of his odd behavior.
“Well?” Ramsay waved him away, still busy with his accounts. “Show him in.”
“It’s a lady, sir.”
Lady? Ramsay rose out of habit, wondering if Sophie had decided to challenge his hard won personal policy of silence.
It would be like her to try to cajole him out of his decision, but he would remain firm, no matter what she did in an attempt to change his mind. ...He was surprised and somewhat disappointed when Lady Auliffe swept into the room.
“What an ungodly amount of stairs!” she exclaimed.
“Madam, had I known—”
“Tish!” She waved the air with a gloved hand. “‘Twas good exercise.”
Ramsay strode forward to help her to a chair, amazed that a woman, whom he guessed must be in her seventies, had climbed the three flights of stairs and still had breath enough to speak.
“You are remarkable, your ladyship,” he said.MoreLess
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