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

reserve my cooperation for things that do not bore me to tears. Society bores me. Petty cruelty bores me.”

He stood up and walked toward the fire, pulling up a second chair opposite hers. He sat down heavily, stretching his ruined right leg out toward the hearth with a grimace he quickly hid.

“You said you keep the accounts for your father’s estate?”

“I continue reading …