When the Rogue Returns
“Isa hadn’t written the note. She hadn’t left him. Or so she said. And it was hard not to believe her, when she looked as stunned as he felt.
He stiffened. It could still be all an act. She could still be trying to rewrite the past so he wouldn’t take vengeance on her. There had been a theft, after all, and clearly she’d had something to do with it.
But she’d also been very forthcoming so far. If she was trying to allay his suspicions, wouldn’t she just pretend not to know anything about the the...ft?
Her eyes looked tormented as she met his gaze. “Before I tell you what happened, I need to clarify one thing. Are you saying you had absolutely nothing to do with the theft of those diamonds?”
He drew himself up stiffly. “Until the fakes were discovered, a week after the parure was taken to the palace, I didn’t even know there had been a theft.”
She gaped at him. “The imitations were discovered that soon? But I never saw anything in the papers about it—”
“You were in Paris, remember?”MoreLess
He stiffened. It could still be all an act. She could still be trying to rewrite the past so he wouldn’t take vengeance on her. There had been a theft, after all, and clearly she’d had something to do with it.
But she’d also been very forthcoming so far. If she was trying to allay his suspicions, wouldn’t she just pretend not to know anything about the the...ft?
Her eyes looked tormented as she met his gaze. “Before I tell you what happened, I need to clarify one thing. Are you saying you had absolutely nothing to do with the theft of those diamonds?”
He drew himself up stiffly. “Until the fakes were discovered, a week after the parure was taken to the palace, I didn’t even know there had been a theft.”
She gaped at him. “The imitations were discovered that soon? But I never saw anything in the papers about it—”
“You were in Paris, remember?”MoreLess
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