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

stay at Rookwood, if I hire you as my estate manager—a position you will execute behind closed doors—she cannot claim you were rejected.”

“She will claim I am your mistress,” Norah said bluntly. “The scandal will be worse.”

“Let her,” Alistair said dismissively. “What do you care for the opinions of a society that has done nothing but watch you starve continue reading …