Her Deal with the Duke (THE SPINSTERS CLUB #2) by Tiffany Baton EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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“I do not know why we bother to allow you to attend these events at all,”
Ezra Bolton, the Earl of Druidstone, remarked haughtily. He folded his
arms across his chest as the carriage rocked back and forth over uneven
ground. “It is like taking a nag to market, hoping for a thoroughbred’s
price.”
His daughter, Leah, had to laugh. “That is a new one. A nag.” She flashed a
sour grin at him. “I shall add it to the ever-lengthening list, entitled: Ezra
Bolton’s Compendium of Insults for Your Disappointment of a Daughter. I
am hoping to publish by the year’s end. It ought to be ten volumes at least,
by my reckoning.”
“Do not be obtuse,” her father retorted. “I am merely stating the truth.
Darling, do you not agree?” He glanced at his wife, Sarah, for support.
Sarah sighed wearily. “I see your reasoning, my darling, but it does no harm
for Leah to attend these gatherings. Indeed, I am ever hopeful.”
“You should not be,” Leah pointed out, though not unkindly. It was not her
mother’s fault she could not speak her mind to her husband. He had a bad
habit of sulking if he was not agreed with in at least some capacity.
Sarah gave her daughter a pointed look. “You never know, my darling.
Olivia never thought she would marry, yet she is as happy as one can be
with that… oh goodness, what was his name again? I can never remember.”
“The Marquess of Bridfield,” Ezra answered bitterly before Leah could.
“You might not have been a marchioness, Leah, but you could have been a
viscountess. You could still be a… baroness at least, if you would cease
with your stubbornness.”
Leah shrugged. “Only the very desperate would have me, Father, and I do
not intend to be anyone’s last resort. I shall be my own first choice and last
resort, thank you very much.”
“And whose fault is that?” her father muttered, refolding his arms to show
just how annoyed he was.
Leah mustered a smile. “It is mine, of course, and you shall never allow me
to forget it.”
The truth did not matter to her father, nor did she see the use in explaining it
for the millionth time, for even she did not know the full details of what had
gone wrong that fateful day, three years prior.
“You do not even care, do you?” Her father’s cheeks flushed a livid shade
of red. “You care not a jot about the disgrace and humiliation you have
brought upon this family!”
Leah settled back against the squabs. “Apparently not, though you never
ask me if I care. You do not care if I care.”
She had lost her desire to fight her father long ago though that did not stop
him from trying to begin their quarrels afresh. She suspected there was
something in the carriage air, for his accusations and snide remarks always
sparked whenever the family was alone together in the carriage and
especially on lengthy journeys, just to make them even more uncomfortable
for everyone.
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