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

in the corner? Here you will have a salary, £50 a quarter. You will have a dry room, three meals a day, and the absolute solitude of my library. You will fix my ledgers. I will give you a sanctuary.”

He paused, his eyes narrowing slightly as he watched her process the information.

“And as for Lady Agatha,” Alistair continued, a dark, dangerous edge entering continue reading …