Obsession
“THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CHARITABLE, kind, or concerned bone in your body. Your reputation and name personify hedonism. Yet you walk away from your commitment to me for some mousey little nurse—”“There was nothing remotely mousey about Maria. She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known.”With a flurry of her skirts, Edwina marched to the door of the drawing room and glared up the stairs toward the second floor.“You assured me that you were over what feelings you once felt for her.”She turned an...d focused her blue eyes hard on mine. “Now what am I supposed to do? I blame you for my predicament.”I drank deeply of my port and set aside the empty glass, preparing myself for the inevitable tantrum. I was beginning to feel numb—not just from inebriation, but from a weariness that made my bones ache.Had it only been three days since I had stood on an altar prepared to marry the little she-bitch? Only days since the course of my very existence had shifted, since long-dead hope had ignited to fan dreams I had once imagined were only for men like my brother?“I had nothing to do with your predicament, Edwina.MoreLess
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