The Duke Hadn’t Laughed Since the War

would very much like you to believe so.”

He turned back to her then, and the controlled economy of his face changed. “Sit down, Miss Prior,” he said. “That is, if you have no linens to count.”

She sat. The conversation that followed was not a pleasant one, exactly, but it was precise, which suited them both.

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