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“THIS IS THE very estate that will either give you happiness or bring
ruination to your good name.”
Adrian Worthington pulled his horse to a stop and shifted on the saddle,
giving his cousin a quizzical stare. Trey Worthington hadn’t been at
yesterday’s card game, so Adrian gave his cousin the grand tour of the
estate. Trey had always been the humorous sort, and since the man married,
his sense of humor had only expanded. At this moment, Adrian didn’t know
whether he should take him seriously or not.
“What the devil are you talking about?” Adrian yanked his leather
gloves tighter on each hand. “Ruin my good name… Really. The idea is
preposterous.”
Trey tilted back his head and laughed heartily, which nearly caused his
hat to fall to the moistened ground. In Adrian’s opinion, that would serve
him right. After all, his words were close to a hex, and Adrian wouldn’t
stand for it. Ruin my good name… Indeed!
Snapping upright, Trey grasped his hat to keep it from tumbling to the
mud puddle next to him. He gestured toward the grand estate. Two separate
wings adjoined the main house, and the land stretched on for miles. There
was enough room for three different families to reside at Hanover Hall, but
for the time being, only Adrian and his older brother would live there.
“Dear cousin,” Trey said, “you are now away from the eagle eyes of
your father. Who knows what mischief the two of you will get into?”
“You are wrong, Trey. Although Collin has returned from traveling
abroad and is ready to plant his feet in one spot, I don’t plan on staying here
for more than a few years. Collin might want to live off our family’s wealth,
but I prefer to make my own money.”
“Doing what, may I ask?” Trey rode next to Adrian’s horse.
“Your friend, Dominic Lawrence, Marquees of Hawthorne, knows
where I can invest, does he not?”
Trey barked with laughter. “Hawthorne? Oh, my dear cousin, you had
better watch yourself. Dominic is very cunning.”
“He is also a very wealthy man,” Adrian quickly added.
“I suppose if you were to listen to anyone’s advice, it would be to
Hawthorne’s. He is wise beyond his years. However, I can honestly say I’ve
never known a bigger jokester.”
Adrian wiped the moisture from his brow. England’s midsummer
weather had plans to cook him this morning, even if it had rained during the
night. If the temperature was this warm already, he wasn’t looking forward
to what it would be later today, especially with a house full of guests who
had never met the Worthington family. He prayed they would not know
about their wealth, either.
Inwardly, Adrian grumbled. This meant that every single woman in
attendance—whether young or old—would be daydreaming about
becoming the wife of one of the brothers. Adrian absolutely loathed
fortune-hunting women. Most of the women he’d courted while living in
Yorkshire were only after his family’s money. None of them cared a whit
about Adrian as a man. They didn’t take the time to discover that he
enjoyed taking long walks at sunset, or that he had started a collection of
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