My Beautiful Enemy
“She tried to hail a hansom cab, but the ones that drove by all had passengers—a miracle that she wasn’t drenched to the knee with the sludge their wheels splattered. She had planned on visiting two more antique dealers this morning—perhaps the time had come to try the underground railway that she had heard so much about, primarily in friendly advice regarding things not to do while in London.
Or perhaps she ought to just go back to her flat, make herself a pot of chrysanthemum tea, and curl up ...with Master Gordon’s jade tablet.
Every night since she had found it, she had sat with the jade tablet in hand, turning it over and over, examining every last detail. Even though she had seen it in Master Gordon’s presence only a few times, knowing how important it had been to him, knowing that he had carried it with him across ten thousand miles . . .
He’d had many dreams for her, dreams of a life at once free and secure. Some of the happiest hours of her life had been spent sitting across a table from him as he wove a tapestry of possibilities, a whole wide world for a girl trapped behind high walls.MoreLess
Or perhaps she ought to just go back to her flat, make herself a pot of chrysanthemum tea, and curl up ...with Master Gordon’s jade tablet.
Every night since she had found it, she had sat with the jade tablet in hand, turning it over and over, examining every last detail. Even though she had seen it in Master Gordon’s presence only a few times, knowing how important it had been to him, knowing that he had carried it with him across ten thousand miles . . .
He’d had many dreams for her, dreams of a life at once free and secure. Some of the happiest hours of her life had been spent sitting across a table from him as he wove a tapestry of possibilities, a whole wide world for a girl trapped behind high walls.MoreLess
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