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This had escalated very quickly

“You’re right,” I said quietly “But without my aristocratic title, you wouldn’t have a job here either”

Silence held the room for a moment until I finally looked up at Miles

“Great Britain is rampant with classism, from the top to the botto my hands on my hips “From royalty all the way down to abject poverty It doesn’t ht We are all inherently classist, if we’re willing to be honest with ourselves Being classist isn’t the issue, though It’s what one chooses to do with that information that makes all the difference, and hoe choose to help those in societal classes below ourselves And you, Mr Kingsley…” I straightened my back and tilted my head to the side “If you are uncomfortable with the title I was born into andin the wrong place, don’t you think?”

Miles’ jaw clenched, and he held h it lasted forever

“If you think to tutor me on classism in my own home when you’ve barely said a kind word to me until the weather forced our proximity, I must confess that your desire to educate me is utterlys, I aes a person on where they’ve co, you’d know that my mother hat society calls a ‘commoner,’ and I couldn’t be prouder of the wo people ere randparents and all the family I have from her side”

He stilled

“But, please Tellmy arms across my chest “I’d love to hear it”

Miles’ gaze focused on mine with such an intensity it made me want to shirk back, but I couldn’t I wouldn’t back down to hi after the power came back on, but he needed to understand that I was not the kind of girl who backed down froe

Any challenge

Even his

I was sure he had a different perspective to me There was no way our views of the world lined up, simply because of where ere born, but—

The sound of a heavy door bursting open broke into hts, and both me and Miles jerked into action

“Hello?” Miles shouted, stepping in front of me “Who’s there?”

“Lady Gabriella?” A familiar voice called into the void “It’s—it’s Caleb, and Arthur, we—”

“Oh, goodness!” I shuffled past Miles toward the hall

Thank goodness

If ever there was a time for an interruption, it was now

I could kiss them both