Felicity gushed, “but it’s actually more of a silver color. There are rows and rows of lace, and the prettiest bows along the hem and it ...” Her voice trailed off as she and Jordan turned the corner in the garden and vanished from sight. They were ambling arm in arm, in another of Victoria’s attempts for them to get acquainted. At listening to Felicity prattle on, Jordan appeared so pained that he might have been sitting in the barber’s chair and about to have a tooth pulled. Mary lurked on the terrace, and she knew she should go inside, but she couldn’t tear herself away. If she’d believed in Mr. DuBois’s concoctions, she’d have demanded one to make her blind so she couldn’t see what Jordan was doing. He’d traveled to the estate for the express purpose of proposing to Felicity, and he’d never given any indication that he planned to do anything else, yet she was bonding with him in dangerous and risky ways. How could he seduce Mary at night then flirt with Felicity the next morning?
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