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

finished, he didn’t crumple it, nor did he throw it into the fire.

He carefully folded it back along its original creases and tapped it against his thigh. “Your stepmother,” Alistair said slowly, “is a remarkably imaginative woman.”

Norah’s fingers dug into the armrests of the chair. “She is a cruel woman, your grace. The imagination is merely a byproduct.continue reading …