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“I a the duke “She could have her head turned, for he is theof all her suitors”

“He shan’t have her as long as I have so to say!” the duke snapped irritably

“Ah, but you won’t have uardianship will soon be at an end,” his sister provided and turned away

“Bloody hell!

” the duke said and stomped out of the room “I’m off for Whites’”

~ Twenty-Eight ~

THE DUKE RETURNED to his sister’s house a few hours later and asked Jeffries, the Waverly butler, where his sister was

“Ah, her ladyship advisedMiss Rebecca with her shopping”

“And Miss Felicia?” the duke’s ire snapped to attention What the devil? Had Felicia been with Reinhart all this time?

“She caave her Lady Daphne’s e, and she hurried off to the library to await her ladyship’s return”

He sto at Felicia, as on tiptoes and thuh a shelf of ancient books

His heart stopped

She was a sprite of a woh and tu on life just as she should, and he adored her Did she want Reinhart? Was that it? If so … ould he do?

She turned, and the smile that immediately curved her lips warain, irl?”

“Yes, I am, and I am so sorry for it, but you know, I had sofro”