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“Where the hell are you going?”

“You have made your position clear Allow me to inform you that you leave your niece no option but to elope”

“Elope? Elope!” The gentleman slapped his hand to his chest “Heavens, are you deterrave?”

Matthew grasped the handle “Good day”

“Wait! Wait” Lord Callan cleared his throat “If you profess to love nity of an elopement”

Matthew turned to face him “If you love your niece asin St George’s Other than the fact you consider ue, do you have any other objection?”

Lord Callan waved to the empty seat “Loath me to point out the obvious, but you are not the sort of man to … to settle”

Confident he'd made his point and that the lord realised he had limited options, Matthew dropped into the chair “Nor am I the sort who falls in love But one never knohat Fate has in store”

Lord Callan jerked his head “You expect irl”

Girl? Matthew had touched Miss Smythe’s soft curves, cupped her round, full breasts The lady was a woman in every sense of the word Well, in all but one And he would soon rectify that problein

“Love is not an easy eh when one was skilled in the art of seduction, many ladies had been known to mistake lust for love “Call the lady down Draw your own conclusions”

A weary sigh breezed froirl’s upset with me I assume you were the one who told her of my losses at the table”

“I refuse to lie to her If she is to marry me, we must have complete honesty between us” Whether either of them accepted the truth was another matter entirely “You may be interested to know I have ame”

“I knew it!” The grey-haired lord leant forward, his countenance suddenly i?”

Matthew nodded “Cheating on a grand scale Did you intend to play so deep?”