Her Stepmother Sent Her to the Duke as a Joke – He Offered Her a Chair Before He Said a Word

bookshelves, the roaring fire, and locked onto Norah. She took in the simple, neat gray dress, the ink on Norah’s fingertips, and the small desk positioned carefully near the Duke’s.

“So,” Agatha hissed, her voice dripping with venom. “It is exactly as they say. You have turned my respectable home into a laughingstock, and you sit here, playing the continue reading …