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

will secretly know that I suffered a delusion of grandeur, traveled to Rookwood uninvited, and threw myself at the Duke of Westland. I will be mad, pathetic, and utterly unemployable. She will be the martyred stepmother who tried to help me.”

Alistair listened, his face expressionless. He picked up Agatha’s letter again, turning it over in his hands.continue reading …