He’d barely slept last night; all day his emotions had careened from an ecstatic desire to shout his love from the rooftops to a harsh self-rebuke that, despite Sally’s kind words, it was highly unlikely the incomparable Elizabeth would ever come to feel similarly enraptured by cloddish Hal Waterman.Understanding that the final resolution of his relationship with Elizabeth was unlikely to occur for many months yet, he knew he should act as he normally did. Yet by the time of his arrival, his thoughts and sensibilities were still in such chaotic disarray he wasn’t sure he knew any longer what ‘normal’ was.Thank heavens David would be with them! If he concentrated upon the boy, made sure everything went smoothly so that mother and son enjoyed themselves, and spoke as little as possible, he should manage to get through the afternoon without making a fool of himself.Help her, befriend her, play the dependable adviser and casual friend she now thought him and nothing more, he told himself as he paced the blue salon, awaiting their arrival.
What do You think about A Most Unconventional Match?
