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She beamed at the young merchant, and Guy realized his mood could take a worse turn.
He was installing her in a separate household to his own. That was not something one did with a wife. It was something one did with a mistress.
her flowerlike face
???
She longed to feel secure in her position as Lady Martindale but… how could she, when no one had even called her by her title since she had arrived.
She's a little slow on the uptake. I don't understand how she didn't question why she had to live in the lodge and away from the manor. I'm still enjoying the book though. Alice is a talented writer.
Her listless reception of this disturbed him more than he could say. She seemed to have passed the distressed stage
“For presently I shall return to court and request the king finds me a fourth husband who may be more suited to me.”
Yasss you tell him, girl!
“If I’m still here,” Mathilde interjected, earning an incredulous look from him. “Are you trying to reduce me to rage, madam?” he roared.
I am loving how she's making him grove!
“I’d do anything, just to receive her smile, her good opinion,” he said gruffly, and felt his face turning hot. “I cannot tolerate the thought of returning home without her. My life would be empty. Desolate. Worthless.”
