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And she could have said so But all she could do was stand there like an idiot, or if not that, then like someone completely unlike herself

“Until next tierton,” he murmured

And then he was gone

Chapter 3

Three days later, and our hero learns that one can never really escape one’s past

“There is a woman to see you, sir”

Gareth looked up froany behemoth that took up nearly half of his small study “A woman, you say?”

His new valet nodded “She said she is your brother’s wife”

“Caroline?” Gareth’s attention snapped into sharp focus “Show her in Immediately”

He rose to his feet, awaiting her arrival in his study He hadn’t seen Caroline in e’s funeral, truth be told And Lord knew that hadn’t been a joyful affair Gareth had spent the entire ti his father, which had added stress on top of his already crushing grief

Lord St Clair had ordered George to cease all brotherly relations with Gareth, but George had never cut hie had obeyed his father, but ne

ver that And Gareth had loved him all the more for it The baron hadn’t wanted Gareth to attend the ceremony, but when Gareth had pushed his way into the church, even he hadn’t been willing to make a scene and have him evicted

“Gareth?”

He turned away fro out “Caroline,” he said warreet his sister-in-law “How have you been?”

She gave a helpless little shrug Hers had been a loveas Caroline’s eyes at her husband’s funeral