Lady Anne's Lover (The London List) - Plot & Excerpts
If he could figure out how to manage it, and find the right words to assuage her fears. After a moment, Gareth rose from the chair, bringing Annie up by the hand he still held. “Of course I still wish to marry you. Do you still wish to marry me? You’re an earl’s daughter, even if he is a blackguard. I am a nobody. You can never go back to the kind of life you were expected to lead.” “I don’t want to go back! I don’t give a fig for the rules of the ton or what my father wants. I believe my past behavior tells you that much.” She looked almost angry, and she had every right to be. London had been a severe disappointment in ways too horrible to contemplate. “It’s very quiet in Llanwyr.” “I like quiet.” “I think,” he said carefully, “that if my neighbors discover your true identity, things might become difficult for you. For us. They are the strictest of Methodists, you know.” “I’ve changed. Surely they will see that.” “One would hope.” From very personal experience, Gareth had seen how quickly one’s good reputation turned bad.
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