Enlightened (Enlightenment, #3)

by Joanna Chambers

“Whisky again?” Murdo bit out. “Whenever you’re confronted with something you don’t like, this is your answer, isn’t it?”

Yup

David felt an immediate stab of guilt.

Shocking. David feeling guilt who knew

“Because you deserve to be happy, lad. Same as everyone, and more than most.”

Listen to him fool!

“Good-bye, old friend,” he whispered. Beneath his fingers, Chalmers’s hand stirred, just a tiny movement, then his papery eyelids cracked open. “Be happy, lad,” he breathed. Then closed his eyes once more.

And that's me done for

He told them that Chalmers had said that love should not be denied. It was when he spoke those words that Elizabeth began to sob. Quietly at first, but soon she was crying hard, helpless to stop herself. She turned into Euan’s arms to hide her face while the grief that swamped her dragged tearing gasps from her chest.

The single most real moment yet

“Mr. Liddle.” Murdo smiled.

No butler is EVER addressed like this

Fortified by the reaction of the onlookers, Kinnell added more arrogantly, “Besides, what business of yours is my wife?” Murdo smiled again, and again David thought of a wolf, that unblinking regard, that predatory stillness. Kinnell’s arrogance faltered. He saw that Murdo was pleased by the question and couldn’t understand why. “Oh, your wife is very much my business,” he said, his voice ringing clearly for all to hear. “When she left you, she came to me. She’s been sharing my bed for months.”

I was so so hoping you'd do this and I am DELIGHTED that you have

At last, his voice ringing out over the silence, he said, “You are no son of mine.”

Suddenly it's 1783 in Paris!

“To hell with what I deserve,” Murdo whispered. “All I want is you.”

Perfect

The marquess shook his head and turned away. “You are the greatest disappointment of my life,” he said. Then he walked out of the room without another word.

My father ruined the same line by keeping on talking