What had he just done? What had come over him? Kissing her had been a monumental mistake. Kissing her had only proven what he never wanted to have confirmed—that he had feelings for her. And she was the last person to which he wanted to form an attachment. She was a member of Society. And not just any member, but her father was a bloody duke! After the way his mother and father had been treated by his grandfather and the rest of Society, Nick didn’t want a thing to do with any of them. They were nothing but bloody snobs. Elitists who didn’t accept anyone they considered beneath them. Except she wasn’t a snob. She was far from one. She had enough compassion for her family that she did whatever was demanded of her to protect them. She’d taken it upon herself to keep the Townsend name spotless and free of scandal until her sister could seal a marriage with Lord Montroy. And she wasn’t selfish enough to go to her father to ask for money, even though she desperately needed it.
