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Miss Smythe shook her head “I do not want anyone to think I am so foolish No,” she added with some determination “If I have a choice, I would like people to say it is a lo-love match I want people to think ere so consumed with passion we simply lost our heads”

Good God Did the lady knohat she was asking?

Chandler’s mouth curled up into a sinful smile “That is what I hoped you would say Froaentle to kiss you with such vigour and passion that I believe we truly will lose our heads”

Tristan stepped back into the shadows Miss Sh and Matthew Chandler’s mumbled curse of appreciation were drowned out by a series of high-pitched feminine shrieks

Chapter 18

“All in all, it has been a rather eventful evening” Isabella sat back in the leather seat as her carriage rattled along the cobbles on its way to Brook Street She considered the deep furrows between Tristan’s brows “What troubles you the most? Is it your mother’s utter lack of morals or the prospect that Miss Smythe will have no option but to marry Mr Chandler?”

Tristan folded his arms across his chest and leant back “I don’t suppose for a moment my mother considered ould happen to Miss Smythe should there be a fault with her plan”

Isabella sighed “What would you have done had Mr Chandler not appeared from the shrubbery to save the day?” She knew the answer Tristan would not have let an innocent woman suffer It was one of the many reasons she loved him

He caught her gaze but struggled to hold it “I … I would have been forced to act in the only honourable way”

She sined hi less”

For the first ti with him in the Holbrooks’ ballroom, a smile touched the corners of his mouth “I’ve always tried to see the best in every situation To focus on the negative aspects causes nothing but ht, well, there are no words to express ratitude”

It see qualities

“After the sacrifice he has ood in hi, she entleant façade”

Tristan shook his head “I’th of will to deal with hi, whilst Ch

andler is responsible for tearing the arments”