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“Lord Randall went to find you There is soer wait” Arabella glared “Well, where on earth have you been?”

So important? Heavens above, surely the dandy didn’t e?

“I went to visit Lord Greystone’s tenants” Truth was the best policy If Lord Randall had a oal “Now his lordship has returned, work can begin on the cottages”

Arabella stared down her nose “Howinto other people’s affairs? Greystone is a ue is as wild as his father by all accounts”

Strange tingles burst to life in Lydia’s stomach Lord Greystone did have a wild, untamed air about him He had looked at her as if she were his next htened

“And what do you think Greystone would say if he caught you snooping about his estate?” Arabella continued “Trespassing where you’re not wanted”

“Lord Greystone asked me to accompany him when he visited the properties” Lydia suppressed a chuckle for she enjoyed nothingArabella stumble

She’d planned to keep her rown tired of tiptoeing about For heaven’s sake, in a feeeks she could do as she damn well pleased So why couldn’t Arabella leave her be?

“You asped “Greystone! Have you lost your mind? Randall won’tabout the countryside like the town trollop”

“Good!”

The word hit Arabella like a sharp slap She jerked her head back “You ungrateful wretch Your brother has done everything in his power to ensure youto throw it all away on a … on a whim”

“You said I was to focus on finding a husband Lord Greystone is unmarried and has both title and fortune” Lydia said it h couldn’t help but wonder what it would be like to marry a man so virile

“Greystone? Greystone!” Anger flared in Arabella’s eyes—anger accompanied by a tiny flash of fear “A man like that does not marry a wallflower Look at you Greystone has lived abroad for years He’s used to exotic beauties, not backwater oddities”

Never having ventured further afield than London, Lydia had to ad when it cah for a man like Greystone Still, it didn’t hurt to tease Arabella

“I happen to believe Lord Greystone holds h esteem,” Lydia said with an air of hauteur so unlike her It was not a total lie He had made flirtatious comments And when he touched her … oh, the whole world seemed to tilt on its axis