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Gareth just stood there, hislimply at his sides If his father had yanked down the moon and clocked him on the head with it he couldn’t have been more stunned

“I’ll see you at the wedding,” the baron called out “Oh, sillya few more steps up toward the front door “Do let ave a little wave, obviously pleased with himself, and slipped inside the house

“Dear God,” Gareth said to hiain, because never in his life had the moment more called for blasphemy: “Dear God”

What sort of e to ht not have offered it to Mary Winthrop, the baron had done so in his naned documents to that effect Gareth had no idea what th

is ood

Oh, bloody…Hyacinth

Dear God, indeed She’d heard every word

Gareth started to run for the corner, then stopped hi up at the house tofor him The ere still dark, but that didn’t mean…

Oh, hell Who cared?

He ran around the corner, skidding to a halt in front of the alley, where he’d left her

She was gone

Chapter 16

Still in the alley Gareth is staring at the spot where Hyacinth should have been standing

He never wants to feel like this again

Gareth’s heart stopped