The Brigadier's Runaway Bride (Dukes of War book 5)
““We don’t need to talk about it,” he said again, hoping to stop her before she listed the many obvious ways a marriage to Ravenwood would have been an improvement over her current situation. Edmund had just started feeling like he had a family again. A future. He didn’t want to think about what he might have taken from Sarah to get them there.
“You don’t have to talk about it.” She set down her teacup and saucer. “But I do think you should listen.”
Edmund’s stomach soured. He might love Sarah u...ntil his last breath, but his devotion couldn’t purchase sprawling estates and retinues of maids, footmen, modistes, nannies, and governesses in a number large enough to rival an army. He couldn’t give her that. All he could give her was himself.
He pushed his plate away. “Say what you think you need to say.”
She took a deep breath. “I was desperate—”
“I know you were desperate. I never meant—”
“You’re not letting me talk.” She clasped her hands together and regarded them for a long moment.MoreLess
“You don’t have to talk about it.” She set down her teacup and saucer. “But I do think you should listen.”
Edmund’s stomach soured. He might love Sarah u...ntil his last breath, but his devotion couldn’t purchase sprawling estates and retinues of maids, footmen, modistes, nannies, and governesses in a number large enough to rival an army. He couldn’t give her that. All he could give her was himself.
He pushed his plate away. “Say what you think you need to say.”
She took a deep breath. “I was desperate—”
“I know you were desperate. I never meant—”
“You’re not letting me talk.” She clasped her hands together and regarded them for a long moment.MoreLess
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