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Harry immediately looked for Olivia, but she was nowhere to be seen He was fairly certain she would have already arrived; her carriage had left her house over an hour before his had departed But it was a crowded room He’d find her soon

Sebastian’s shoulder was nearly i under his coat-the better to attract the women, he’d told Harry And indeed, it worked They werewith amusement as Sebastian basked in the worry and concern of London’s fair ladies

Harry noted that Sebastian did not give an accurate depiction of the accident In fact, all details were rather vague There was certainly nothing about standing atop a table, acting out a cliff scene froothic novel It was hard to tell exactly what Sebastian had said, but Harry heard one lady whisper to another that he’d been attacked by footpads, the poor, poor dear

Harry fully expected to hear that Sebastian had fought off an entire French regi

Harry leaned over to Edward as Sebastian graciously accepted the heartrending concern of one particularly buxom"Whatever you do, don’t tell anyone how this really happened He’ll never forgive you"

Edward nodded, but just barely He was far too busy watching and learning fros," Harry said to his brother, sh with Sebastian’s left-over feood As perfect and fabulous as it had ever been, in fact

Tomorroould propose, and tomorrow she would say yes

She would, wouldn’t she? He couldn’t possibly be so s

"Have you seen Olivia?" he asked Edward

Edward shook his head

"I’ to try to find her"

Edward nodded

Harry decided that it was useless to attempt to conduct a conversation with his brother with soto see above the crowd as he walked over to the opposite side of the ballroom There was a small knot of people near the punch bowl, Prince Alexei at the center, but he did not see Olivia She’d said she would be wearing blue, which would make her easier to spot, but it was always harder for hi

Her hair…Now, that was a different story Her hair would shine like a beacon

He keptthis way and that, and then finally, just when he was starting to get frustrated, he heard fro for someone?"

He turned, and it was as if his life was illu perplexity, "but I can’t quite find her…"

"Oh, stop," Olivia said, batting hi? I have been here for hours"

He raised a brow at that