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whisper, “Pia, dear, didn’t you see the ?”

Pia had shtly She’d wanted to say she’d had no idea that the marquess had been married to Belinda, and that, in any case, it wouldn’t have done any good to intercept His Lordship if, in fact, he’d still been married to Belinda But loyalty to her friend had kept her silent

Mrs Knox’s eyes had gleaht have avoided a public spectacle”

True But, Pia thought, even if she had known enough to try to stop him, the marquess had been a man on a mission, and one who had at least sixty pounds and more than six inches on her

So Pia had done what she could do after the fact in order to try to save the day After a quick consultation with assorted Wentworth faed everyone to repair to a show-o-on reception at The Plaza

Now, as Pia looked around at the guests and at the waiters passing to and fro with platters of hors d’oeuvres, the low and steady murmur of conversation allowed her to relax her shoulders even as her mind continued to buzz

She concentrated on her breathing, a relaxation technique she’d learned long ago in order to help her deal with stressed-out brides and evendays

Surely, Belinda and Colin would resolve this issue Somehow A state that began with Due to an unfortunate …

Yes, that’s right Everything would be okay

She shifted her focus outward again and, right then, she spotted a tall, sandy-haired man across the room

Even though he was turned away from her, the hair at the back of her neck prickled as a sense of fa hit her When he turned to speak to a man who’d approached him, she saw his face and sucked in a breath

And that’s when her world really caines collided, the sound of crunchingout of her ears?

Could this day get any worse?

Hi

What was Ja here?

It had been three long years since she’d last seen him, when he’d abruptly entered—and then pro those seduce-you, golden Adonis looks

He was nearly a decade older than her twenty-seven, but he hardly looked it, damn him The sandy hair was clipped shorter than she remembered, but he was just as broad, just as muscular and just as impressive at over six feet tall