Lord James and His Bride (The Duke's Brothers, #1)

by Fiona Miers

Abigail frowned. “That is not similar to a courtship at all. You merely wish to use me for your own amusement when it suits you. And when the summer concludes, you will discard me when you return to London. As you did with Lady Catherine, before you came here to Weymouth.” James’s jaw clenched and he shook his head. “You do not know that woman in the least, and yet you take her word as the truth over mine.” “I saw the pain and rejection in her eyes. I saw the self-loathing and heartache that comes with being thrown to the side by someone who had promised them the world. I have lived those emotions; felt the same and experienced rejection for myself.” “You know not of what you speak.” Why would she not believe him? But Abigail was enraged. “How dare you say such a thing to me? You are well aware of the trauma I experienced when my engagement to Timothy ended, and everything that happened afterward—being shunned by society, not the least of it—as a result,” Abigail said angrily.

James is so dumb and out of line and i want him to die

James’s jaw tightened as he clenched his teeth. He hadn’t realised she’d so adamantly deny him.

Dumbbbbbb

Abigail leaned back and frowned. “I beg your pardon? I was under the impression you are my friend, here to calm me and support me.”

Fr!!! Anyways this dalog still sucks

“It is not love that makes us fools. It is love for the wrong man that makes us feel foolish, but it does not make us fools.”

Flop but i agree with the sentiment

JAMES HAD BEEN UNDER the impression his argument with Abigail was an overreaction on her part, and that she would soon send word that she wished to apologise. Unfortunately, she was even more stubborn than he’d anticipated.

?????? She needs to kill you

A loud thud echoed through the room. He jolted to a stop and turned to his brother. A thick, leather-bound book lay on the side table beside Thomas and James had to assume Thomas had slammed it on the table to attract attention.

yea??

James glared at his brother. “I cannot give her that, whether she desires it or not!” “That is nonsense. For once in your life, James, choose love over fear.” Fear? James opened his mouth to respond, but nothing came out. His brother’s words rang with a little too much truth, and he didn’t have a single response.

TRUE...

Simply because you have been through a dark time in your life, does not mean you are incapable of loving someone, brother. It also does not make you unworthy of her love.”

“I sincerely apologise for arriving at your home at this hour without prior notice, but if I had given word of my arrival, you would have sent me away.” “Perhaps,” she answered. “But it would be deserved in my opinion. Do you not agree?” “I am a very proud man, Abigail—” “You and all the men in the world.” “I did not come here to provoke you.”

“I am sorry, James. I cannot accept.” “What? Why?” James rose to his feet. “I cannot accept your offer because I am not certain whether it is what I want. I had been blinded by infatuation for you, only to be left heartbroken and empty.” “If you give me a chance, I vow that I will show you how sorry I am. Words cannot adequately express how much you mean to me, Abigail. I would go to the ends of the earth to ensure—” “There is no need for that, James,” Abigail said, raising her hand up to silence him. “I think it is best if you leave now.” His words were not enough. Not after how he’d already treated her.

Let's GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Now he found himself at the secluded beach where he had been when the summer began, but without any direction whatsoever. He had hoped Weymouth would inspire him to change the route in which his life was headed. Now he found himself in what appeared to be the same place, if not further away from where he had started. It was truly his own fault, he had come to realise. He could no longer blame it on anyone else. He was in control of his life. He made the decisions, and it was because of those decisions that he was once again faced with a bone-deep loneliness.

True..... Oh I'd love this ending.... If it stopped Right Now

James reached out his hand as well and their fingers touched lightly. “It was never my intention to hurt you, Abigail. I was afraid of my own feelings. It was only when Thomas shouted at me that I realised I had been afraid. I loved you from the moment I saw you in the water, after rescuing your mother. After that day I have never been the same, and it is all thanks to you. When I returned from the war, I tried to fall back into my old ways. I dismissed you for being worried when Catherine approached you. I lied about my past with her and pretended I didn’t know her. That lie bothered me, and it still does. She is part of my past, a past I am not proud of. But if you asked me to list all the women I have ever been with, I would. There is nothing I wish to hide from you.” She shook her head. “There is no need for that, James. I trust that you will not keep anything from me now. You have a past, as do I. A past we are not particularly proud of, but if it were not for that past, we would not be the people we are today, and we would not have ended up on this beach together right at this moment. Life works in mysterious ways, and we could spend a lifetime trying to find a way to understand it.”

What did i just read. he was LYING???????? Dump him omg