“I thought you indicated a wish to discard our last game,” he said, seating himself next to her. “Yes,” she said, rather breathlessly, adding: “Duke.” Jemma could feel a smile curling her lips. Her heart beat in tune with her self-recriminations. He could not come home because he was busy. Look at all the petitioners he dealt with. Fool that she was, she’d probably created the situation out of thin air. His expression didn’t change, and she dropped her eyes to her gloved hands. “I told you that I did not wish to play the last game in my match with the Duke of Villiers.” She held her breath.
Obviously, he was a master of the art of silence.
I thought your note might have resulted from a misunderstanding about my last words to you.” Jemma hated the fact that her heart lurched at the very sight of his smile. “I would have thought that the longer a marriage survived, the more the untruths accumulate.” “We have been married too long to lie to each other, Elijah.” “I know you’re busy,” she said, cutting him off. “I had hoped to see you this morning.” That was too blunt, but the sentence just jumped from her mouth. After all, a consummated marriage cannot be annulled.“It was very kind of you to tell me yourself,” he said. She will do whatever it takes to capture Simeon's heart, even if it means sacrificing her virtue. But Isidore will not give up her claim to the title-or him-without a fight. When she finally lures Simeon Jermyn back to London, his dark handsomeness puts Isidore's worst fears to rest-until disaster strikes.įorsaking his adventuresome past, Simeon has returned to London ready to embrace the life of a proper duke, only to find that his supposed wife is too ravishing, too headstrong, and too sensual to be the docile duchess he has in mind.
She's determined to accept him, no matter how unattractive the duke turns out to be. Married by proxy as a child, Lady Isidore has spent years fending off lecherous men in every European court while waiting to meet her husband. The Duchess of Cosway yearns for a man she has never met.
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