The music of water pipes drifted across the topiary walk. Despite all the anticipation surrounding the event, she doubted anything could match the magic of Wickbury. Or the pleasure of a private tour given by the duke. Yes, she was skeptical of his motives. To be fair, he might have instigated their flirtation, but she had flirted back, thinking she could tease him with impunity. He’d promised to behave, even if his eyes suggested something else entirely. Something elemental and enticing and dangerous all at once. And what should she make of his alleged knowledge of Lord Anonymous? Perhaps her theory had been right. It made more sense that he was intimate with a lady author than with a man. And the duke’s reaction had been rather strong, now that she pondered it. Fortunately she would not taste any forbidden pleasures in this garden. Chloe would intervene at any moment, and Lily would soon be relating her brush with scandal to her friends back home. She might neglect to mention it to Jonathan, however.
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