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His gaze searched her face before drifting down to her white-stocking feet “I considered letting you rest and calling toave my word I would return”
“And you always keep your word”
“Indeed”
Silence ensued
A strange heat formed in her stoue felt thick in her mouth
After sing nued to say, “Did you discover who hired the thugs to attack us?” She wanted to ask what on earth possessed hiht, to risk his life in such a reckless fashion
“You mean who hired them to kidnap you and hold you for ransouess what they would have dee”
“My father’s journals” Guilt festered Had she not attended the auction, this wouldn’t have happened If only he’d told her why he didn’t want her there “You’re angry I’ve s difficult”
“It is not anger that holds er that ht have done to you”
“You’re frustrated You swore an oath toit impossible for you to honour your vow”
“Unbelievably ih his thick black hair and sighed “Where you’re concerned, frustrated is a word I would use to describe my current state”
If his suspicions about her father’s death were correct, she wanted to help hi?”
An as youto heed my advice”
Sybil sat forward “If you , save your breath”
“Have no fear I doubt there’s a man in the ton who can handle your wild temperament”