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

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Alistair looked at her, truly looked at her this time. He didn’t see a blushing maiden caught in a misunderstanding.

He saw the defensive posture, the cynical tilt of her chin, the way she met his gaze without a hint of tears. “She writes here,” Alistair said, his voice flat, “that you harbor a deep, consuming passion for me, that you have wept over continue reading …