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

“But he is right about one thing. I am a spinster, and society will only ever see me as a concubine now.”

Alistair stepped closer to her. He didn’t touch her. He didn’t offer empty platitudes.

“Society,” Alistair said, his voice dropping to a gravelly murmur, “is composed entirely of hypocrites who would drown their own mothers for a better seat at continue reading …