A NIGHT OF PASSION WITH THE DUKE BY MAYBEL BARDOT – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Maybel Bardot
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“Tell me, Ara, surely one gentleman here has caught your eye?”
Leonardo Burk asked his sister, a twinge of annoyance lacing his
words.
This question pulled Arabella Burk out of her spiraling thoughts and back to
the present moment. She understood why Leonardo may have been a bit
annoyed with her. After all, this mansion party was grander than any he had
thrown yet.
“It’s been nearly six months, Ara. As the Earl of Thorne, it is my duty to
find you a suitable husband. However, as your older brother, I want you to
be happy. Can you not at least try to find a silver lining here? These parties
have been for you, you know,” he pointed out to her, trying to keep his tone
polite.
In her head, Ara wanted to throw something—perhaps a plate, and perhaps
on top of Leo’s head.
“I have tried, Leo, I really have. I do not expect you to understand what a
broken heart can do to one’s spirit, as you have clearly never experienced it,
but it is not easy to just move on,” she said, plucking a small truffle cake off
the refreshments table and setting it on a plate.
“You are right. I have not experienced it. I cannot imagine what it is like,
but I had hoped that maybe you may be ready to move on, since it has been
some time. Perhaps there is someone who could… make you feel the way
you did with the Duke of Green,” he said.
“Leo, I have told you this already. I am afraid no one ever will.” She sighed,
her head hurting from the boisterous crowd of people filling the family’s
banquet hall, all chattering amongst themselves. She did not let it show,
though, as that could be seen as indifference to those watching. “Who
knows if the next gentleman who woos me will betray me again.”
To be frank, she was rather excited about the house party that evening. She
had intended to use it as a distraction of sorts. For so long did she see his
face haunting her thoughts and even her dreams.
In a cruel twist of fate, she had actually begun feeling better that morning.
She had felt like a weight of unprecedented proportions had been lifted off
her chest. They say that time heals all wounds, and perhaps that was true for
her. She had thought that maybe today was the day she began moving on
and could finally start living her own life. Only this time she wanted to live
it her way.
The world around her looked down on spinsters, women who never married
and were responsible for their own well-being. But Arabella envied those
women. They lived a life that was entirely their own, no man dictating how
they should live nor how many children they should bear. To her, that
thought had begun to feel welcome and even desirable. She knew that she
shouldn’t think that way, as it was not the way a proper lady should think,
but one can’t always help the way they feel.
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