Love's Reward (1997)
“Joanna inquired frostily. “Couldn’t you wait until tomorrow to inflict your presence? That’s our wedding day, isn’t it?”
Struggling with her skirts, she tried to get to her feet.
He reached down a hand to help her.
Without treading on her drawings she could not move away, so she found herself standing far too close to him, with her hand still imprisoned in his.
Lord Tarrant gazed down at her, his eyes unreadable. A faint smile curved the corners of his mouth.
“I came to offer a truce. I’ve been... unnecessarily harsh. Perhaps you would forgive me? I also came because your sister-in-law confronted me, before I could even change my clothes.”
“Helena spoke to you about me?”
“Lady Lenwood intends to dispatch me to hell and the devil for my brutal treatment of you. She also, quite correctly, sees that I am to blame for the towering argument that her husband is about to have with his father. Richard Acton would still stop our imprudent wedding if he could.”
She wrenched her hand away and stepped back.MoreLess
Struggling with her skirts, she tried to get to her feet.
He reached down a hand to help her.
Without treading on her drawings she could not move away, so she found herself standing far too close to him, with her hand still imprisoned in his.
Lord Tarrant gazed down at her, his eyes unreadable. A faint smile curved the corners of his mouth.
“I came to offer a truce. I’ve been... unnecessarily harsh. Perhaps you would forgive me? I also came because your sister-in-law confronted me, before I could even change my clothes.”
“Helena spoke to you about me?”
“Lady Lenwood intends to dispatch me to hell and the devil for my brutal treatment of you. She also, quite correctly, sees that I am to blame for the towering argument that her husband is about to have with his father. Richard Acton would still stop our imprudent wedding if he could.”
She wrenched her hand away and stepped back.MoreLess
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