Chapter: chapter 12The next morning they were both pleasantly exhausted, but not too exhausted to enjoy each other again before getting up to go to Mr. Simcoe's home. They were due there by noon.They made it to Mr. Simcoe's just before their appointment, they would have been late if Angie hadn't put a stop to Roderick's roaming hands. When they knocked the butler announced them to Mr Simcoe in his study. "Good afternoon, I hope you are enjoying married life?" Angie blushed, a very becoming pink, before she could catch herself. "Come have a seat, I'm sure you're both curious about why I summoned you." Once they were seated and they both had their drinks Mr Simcoe continued, "Lady Angelica, when your father was alive he taught you how to decode, I know because he told me. I have a document here that is very important, it could mean the death of many if in the wrong hands, Whitehall needs you, dear, we need you to decode this document for me so we can get our people out of France safely. Will you help?" B
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Chapter: chapter 11"I've always loved children and biologically or not this child is mine, it will be a little Greenland regardless of blood. Blood doesn't matter to the Greenland's, we love each other anyway." "I don't understand." She heard every word he said, but they didn't make sense."I'm not Max's biological son, my mother was raped before she met father and when he proposed, she denied him because she was with child. Max didn't care she was pregnant, he loved her and he wanted us both in his life. He married my mother as she was giving birth to me, he didn't have to make me his heir, but he said I was his son, so I was his heir. He would have never told me if my mother's rapist hadn't approached me and bragged about what a good lay my mother was. He's dead by the way, I challenged him and killed him. Max told me everything after the duel. It took me a while, but I finally accepted that my biological father forced himself on my mother and the man that I grew up knowing as my father wasn't, but I
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Chapter: chapter 10"Good, now here's Ann with your breakfast tray. Eat your meal and we'll start the day and I'll get a new daughter." Lady Arlene left as Angie was taking dainty bites of toast.************************************************************Roderick's breath caught in his throat when he saw Angie walking down the grand staircase on Mr. Simcoe's arm in a splendid white gown with pearls delicately stitched into the bodice. It showed her magnificent cleavage almost causing him to swallow his tongue.He barely registered his brother's in drawn breath or that the room was instantly quiet, he only had eyes for Angie and her beautiful smile. He took a step toward the stairs but stopped when he felt the pressure of his brother's hand on his shoulder and his whispered, "patience" . He stood fidgeting restlessly watching her slow progress to the makeshift altar in the formal parlor. When she finally stopped before him Roderick was a nervous wreck.They stood facing each other and Roderick took a fi
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Chapter: chapter 9The son was just starting to rise when she woke up with an unsettled stomach, she wasn't sure if it was from the baby or from her nervousness over the upcoming vacancies. and knocked on the door and entered as she was baid to do. "Lady Arlene sent me up to make sure you were awake and ready to start the day. Your dress has been completed and we need you to check the fitting. Come on, child, we have a long day ahead of us, we have a dress fitting, a wedding, a wedding ceremony, and the wedding night. We have to get started or we're going to be late!" "I'm up, I'm just a little queasy at the moment, so please give me a few moments. Could you get me some tea and toast to settle it please? I'll be ready as soon as possible." "Yes ma'am." Ann bought a curtsy and left the bed chamber only to be replaced by Lady Arlene, Barbara, Lily and a few maids. They all spread out like they were an army battalion executing maneuvers against an opposing side. It was a little daunting to see these wom
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Chapter: chapter 8Angie swallowed against the lump in her throat and gave him a misty smile, "Yes, I'll be your wife and we'll be a family together." She laid her free hand on her still flat stomach, she came very close to blurting out that she loved him, but she caught her wayward tongue just in time.He gave a gusty sigh of relief and sprained to his feet to tightly embrace her. "Thank you." He breathed into her ear. "You've made me very happy." He laid his hand over her so smiled a smile of sheer joy."How soon do you want to get married?""Tomorrow, I have a special license already." He said with a sheepish grin. "I must go tell my mother that she's going to gain a new daughter and that she may soon be a grandmother!" He laughed and rushed from the room like an excited little boy. She stood in stunned silence not believing she just agreed to marry a man she barely knew. All she knew about him spoke well of him, but she felt there was something he was holding back. Something she should know, but he
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Chapter: chapter 7"Well? Did she agree to wet the boy?" Lord Max demanded of his wife as soon as she entered his bed chamber. he was sitting up in bed with a pile of pillows fluffed behind his back. "She didn't agree nor disagree. She said she needed time to think about it, I told her to take her time and it was fine for her to spend some time with Roderick so she can get to know him. I tried to reassure her, but I'm not sure if I did a very good job of it or not. She's scared and doesn't know where to turn or who to trust. She went through every woman's worst nightmare and she's trying to be strong for her little sister. From what I saw I'd say she's more of a mom to that child than a sister. She feels compelled to protect the child." lady Arlene crawled into bed next to her husband and curled up to his warmth. "Good morning to you too husband." She gently reprimanded him and kissed his whispered cheek. His smile took about 10 years off of his face and made him look just as handsome as he was when th
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