the estate, Julia was beside herself with happiness. She ordered for a bath to

nd and took one footman with her. She was gid

ar their voices, the only reason they were in the drawing-room and not the stud

er chin held up in the air, she entered the room and observed her surrounding. Lord Cole and lord Sebastian w

peak. My lady, it is so nice

too my lord. lowering her eyes to

f Devonshire. Turning to Cole, he said, lord Cole, may I present you,

ice you are not with your chaperon, he stated flatly. Sebastian opened

ps, could you be a little worried about my reputation. Which is it? Cole

ttle kiss here and there could ruin a woman. If so, I believe that half of the London l

showed no sign of help, just sat there and watched them, he knew he had to save himself. Glancing at Julia, he dreaded talking to her.

He was enjoying his discomfort. Damn him, pushing Sebastian at the

ew his answer was right when a slow smile gradually spread across her face. She was

y. Julia was a very pretty woman. She had the most beautiful hair he h

bastian had rudely snapped out his name. That must have been why he was startled. What was wrong with him? He looked about the room

a before he tried to lunch into a discussion with Sebastian, this time Sebastian was visibly glowering at him. If he wasn't sure before, now he was. He was s

really gave a good laugh because both Julia and Vicky stopped their conversation and stared at him. It only made him laugh harder and before Cole knew i

d. Ignoring them he tried to stop himself from laughing, and when he final

gged and said, Happ

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, who had just been shown the most beautiful toy. He didn't even know why he was angry, perhaps, he wanted to be that child, so he could stare at her a

wing smiles like that, to any other man that was not him. Damn! It had to be illegal

e cursed under his breath and snapped his head in that direction, squinting his eye, so that, he mi

let her make her way over there. Intercepting her, he dragged her to another

him. He wanted to fleece her of all her money, terrify

n her desperation to convince Sebastian, she had

. It was different from the drawing-room at Edinburgh. Vicky and Sebastian

furnishings, exquisitely carved furniture and expensive m

the pianoforte. She, on the other hand, never quite mastered it. It

lished. She prided herself on being able to produce

omplished in the pianoforte. When she was younger, a musicale w

t aside two to three hours a day for her piano less

flee from their grave, Ophelia didn't care, she wanted her to practice her lessons. Her sister Camila, God bless her, finally came of age and

o her, breaking her away from her thoughts. I heard the cook was baking

mixture of curiosity and amazement. She was yet

looking at? Vicky mutt

with wide-eyed innocence she said, I was just amazed at how

could see me is about the estate. seeing Julia's expression she said, what? Yo

. I think I am quite terrified at the prospect of doing it. At the time it sounded like a perfectly good plan, but now, I d

t. If I had your lush curves, and round hips, I'm sure I would not be terrified of anything again in my life. Not this my petite breast, is a

dn't be saying things like this.

r, she said smirking at Julia as if i

hat he says this type of thing

rheard them talking about it. She leaned in forward, with one hand curving against her mouth as

eked Vicky! scandalized at

ed, confident and courageous, still, there were things she was still ignorant about. Take this discussion, for instance,

Julia said, perhaps you should tell me more about lord Cole, I couldn't very well ask Sebastian, it would have

r... doesn't like to talk too much, H

ngs Julia snapped, tell me s

her to speak. Finally, she grew tired and sai

she said, I w

n

rses, Arabian horses, that is what they say, they say that he loves his horses more than he could ever love any woma

s rumored that he did that, how do you

her Vicky wh

Julia muttere