The Hidden Heart
“Jessica could not imagine where the duke had gone. It had appeared that he intended to follow Gabriela and speak to her. There were a few faint tendrils of hope inside Jessica that he had decided to accept the girl. She knew that even though Gabriela had taken Cleybourne’s avoidance of her with a good deal of grace, the girl would dearly love it if he paid a little attention to her. On the other hand, she could not help but reflect sourly that he had managed to leave Jessica with the burden of ...enduring the Veseys’ company.Vesey said little, clearly bored, and though Lady Vesey made some conversation, it was invariably about herself, primarily the dreadful inconveniences of being laid up in bed with a sore ankle.“The doctor says it isn’t broken,” she told them, her raised eyebrows bespeaking how little she trusted his expertise. “But I cannot imagine how it cannot be—a mere sprain could not cause such pain.”Jessica cast a glance at Leona’s ankle, raised up on a pillow, the hem of her dress sliding away to reveal the fetchingly bare appendage.MoreLess
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