“Let me be plain. Are you still a virgin?” Her sisters gasped as she said, “Mama!” “Save your shock for another, Seraphina. Are you?” “Yes.” “But he’s come close.” Sera hesitated, until the countess barked, “Seraphina.” “Yes!” she snapped, turning on her mother. “Yes. And I wish he had. I wish I weren’t.” Lady Wight’s eyes went wide as Sera’s sisters gasped. “He’s not going to marry you.” “Why not?” “Because all five of you have been out for years, and not one of you has come near a duke. They think us cheap. They think us unworthy of their names and their titles.” She waved a hand at her
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