Why Lords Lose Their Hearts
“A glance at Perdita revealed that she was on guard, as well. “What did you say?” she asked the eerily calm Simmons.
“Oh, let us not play games now, Your Grace,” Simmons said with a slow smile. “We are old foes by now, are we not?”
“Tell us what you mean by this, ma’am,” Archer said, hoping to draw the woman’s attention away from Perdita. Though she was in no position to run given that Dunthorp was clinging to her gown like a limpet, he thought angrily. Would the man do nothing but drag her down...?
“Oh, Lord Archer,” Simmons said, her eyes not leaving Perdita. “You needn’t play coy with me. I know you’ve been party to all of my missives at this point. It’s hardly possible for you to ignore them given how close you and the young duchess have become of late.”
He was more than aware of the meaning she imbued in that one word, “close.” Though how she’d known about him and Perdita when she lived in an entirely different house was baffling. Unless of course she had spies in Ormond House; which was not impossible given that she’d made her home there for many years and likely knew all the servants as well as anyone.MoreLess
“Oh, let us not play games now, Your Grace,” Simmons said with a slow smile. “We are old foes by now, are we not?”
“Tell us what you mean by this, ma’am,” Archer said, hoping to draw the woman’s attention away from Perdita. Though she was in no position to run given that Dunthorp was clinging to her gown like a limpet, he thought angrily. Would the man do nothing but drag her down...?
“Oh, Lord Archer,” Simmons said, her eyes not leaving Perdita. “You needn’t play coy with me. I know you’ve been party to all of my missives at this point. It’s hardly possible for you to ignore them given how close you and the young duchess have become of late.”
He was more than aware of the meaning she imbued in that one word, “close.” Though how she’d known about him and Perdita when she lived in an entirely different house was baffling. Unless of course she had spies in Ormond House; which was not impossible given that she’d made her home there for many years and likely knew all the servants as well as anyone.MoreLess
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