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

chair.”

Alistair’s jaw tightened. He looked at the wet hem of her cloak, at the mud on her cheap boots.

He looked at the dark circles under her eyes. “I am a man of my reputation,” he said softly. “But I do not suffer fools, and I do not perform on command for petty women looking to entertain their tea circles.”

He reached over and pulled the heavy velvet continue reading …