The Secret to Seduction
“His breath was fetid, and Geoffrey struggled to keep from wincing.“You’ve had your share of it, Geoffrey. And you’ve traded on our name to support your way of life for a good long time. I’ve given you money. You’ve squandered it.” He sounded more sad than accusing. “That’s why you have nothing.”And Geoffrey’s palms began to go cold. “Papa . . .” The word had slipped out of him.His father stared at him.“Mr. Thaddeus Morley is on trial for murder and treason, Father.”There was a silence.“Is he?” ...his father murmured. “Is he now?” And that was all.Geoffrey waited.“Rhys might be a scoundrel, but still you haven’t his character, Geoffrey. You want to blackmail him, don’t you?” He sounded half amused, half sad.Sick and dying, and his bloody father still read him like a book.“I simply want to know.”A snort. “Oh, I’ll tell you, son. But what I’m giving to you isn’t a gift, it’s a burden: the burden of a secret. Because if you share the information with anyone else in the world, it will destroy the family name, and thus whatever benefit, whatever capital you might have gained from the secret, will be gone, too.MoreLess
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