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2024-11-26 10:45:54“I don’t think this would be a good idea, mum. I have to make sure that you will be with me all the time,” Lexi said as Caroline was walking ahead of her. She knew that her master and lady would not appreciate this if they found out their only daughter and heir were walking down on the market without any bodyguards.
And most of them all, Caroline was disguising herself as a maid!
“Oh, don’t be so dramatic, Lexi. And what did I tell you about calling me ‘mum’? I thought we were friends of the same social status and we were going shopping for groceries,” Caroline said as she scanned the area.
If I had known that you would be dressing in my clothes, I would have not let you come with me, Lexi mused before she sighed and closed her eyes for a moment. Then, when she opened her eyes, Caroline was gone.
“Caroline? Caroline? Caroline?!” Lexi shouted but of course, Lady Caroline Hurst wa
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After making sure that she was cleaned up and dried herself, Ava put on the thin muslin chemise that her mother gave to her. Lady Randolph has whispered to her to entice her husband on their wedding night, so that’s what she was doing right now.Even Ava did not want to admit it, she did want to entice her husband to his knees.She shook her head after that thought before she made sure that her hair was in place. Then, she moved to the bedchamber as she was opening the door of the chamber. The warmth was filling the air as the fire crackled in the fireplace before she saw that Marsh was standing in front of it, holding two glasses of brandy.Her heart soared when he turned to look at her and he sucked on a breath. Her mother’s strategy worked as Ava was approaching him.“For me?” Ava asked about the brandy before Marsh blinked his eyes, trying not to stare at her undressing state. Ava loved it when her husband was speechless right
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Caroline was shocked to know that someone was saving her. The stranger was a brunette and by the looks of it, he might be 6 feet 4 inches. But of course, Caroline was not focusing on that when there was a whole gang that this man should be handling.“Watch out,” she shouted when the stranger released the leader that was attacking her. She was gripping the trinket that she bought at the last vendor before the man attacked the other that was coming at her.Caroline was so anxious before she was standing still against the wall that she did not realize someone was coming at her by her side. The man gripped her arm and she cried out, wanting to getaway. Hearing those screams, her stranger was coming at the man who was gripping her arm and knocking him out.“Are you alright?” the man asked before Caroline was blinking her eyes at the young man. He has the most vivid green eyes that she has seen in his life. His face was angular with chiseled ja
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“I don’t even know why my parents wanted to torture me like this,” Caroline whined when Lexi was pulling her laces on the corset that she was going to wear underneath the gown that her mother got from the Isle of Thethern. They were known for the best dresses and fabrics available there.“I think she wanted you to look your best tonight, my lady. Besides, I heard that Viscount Vyckos will be attending the ball as well,” Lexi said before Caroline sighed.“Another reason that I don’t want to go even though I am the guest of honor,” Caroline said before she gasped as Lexi was pulling her lace too tight.“I am so sorry, my lady. I don’t know that it would suck the breath out of you,” Lexi said before Caroline was asking her to untie a little bit of her corset.“Much better,” Caroline said before she was looking at her reflection in the mirror right now. She had her chemise underneat
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Daniel was smiling happily at Lady Caroline as she was trying to control the anger that was sipping through her face. Her face blushed and her eyes were hard.Nothing can make me happier than seeing a woman scorned, Daniel thought before he offered his hand to Caroline.“Shall we dance, my lady?” he said as Lord Hurst was seeing all the reaction that Caroline wanted to show. But she cannot since there was a Lord in her company. And that was not her father.“I am sorry, my lord, but my feet…”“Will be eager to dance with you. Go on, my dear, do not be shy and have fun, yes?” Lord Hurst said as he was giving Caroline to Daniel. The Viscount smiled before he led Caroline to the dance floor.“Don’t assume that I wanted to dance with you, my lord. I accept because I am being polite, not because I like you,” Caroline whispered to him before Daniel smiled hearing her confession
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“Is it true that you have left the house, disguising yourself as a maid and almost being attacked by a gang of thieves?” Lord Hurst asked Caroline as she was being called up and early into her father’s study.I should have known that Viscount has to do anything with this, she mused before she was looking at her father. She nodded before Lord Hurst was exhaling deeply. If Caroline did not know anything better, she knew that her father was mad right now.Furious was the right word.Lord Hurst was sitting at the mahogany desk before he stood up, hands behind his back before he walked to the window. It was past midnight and they were getting ready for lunch. Caroline can taste the steaks that the Cook prepared for them right now.It was a funny thing when the rest of the world would be dead asleep right now when it was midnight. But not for the people on Niapachad Island. It has been their routine that the night was treated
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Caroline was looking around as she felt conscious of the body heat next to her. She never encountered someone who would like to put his hands on her body as much as her husband, Viscount Daniel Cutler.She was greeting the guests that were coming to their reception with Daniel as she was smiling when Daniel was introducing her to his friends, relatives, and families. Caroline learned that her husband was a very influential man when she was greeting his friends from the Higher Court.“My dear, this is Niklaus Dragomir and his wife, Rebecca, Duke, and Duchess of Belikov. They are also related to the queen Arabella,” Daniel said as he turned to look at her. One thing that Caroline noticed, her husband loved to look at her face as if she would disappear if he did not.Maybe I will, she mused before she was smiling at the duke and the duchess that were standing in front of her so regally. They might be the next royal couple if anything happened t
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ARABELLAI don’t know what to say but to stare at the bodies that the royal guards assured me. I was not going to cry, but when Niklaus hugged me and told me to be strong, tears were starting to accumulate in my eyes.Heat swelled behind them before I was blinking my eyes as I turned to look at my cousin. He was looking solemn before he was patting my shoulder.“Stay strong, Ara. You know you can do it,” he said before I turned to see that he had ordered the guards to put the king and queen’s bodies away before the funeral tomorrow. I looked after the white sheets that covered them and as always, the tears were not coming out.I will not cry. I will be strong. I cannot let them beat me, I reminded myself before I took a deep breath and I went out of the hallway as I was going to my room. Preferably to sleep it off and just to think this was a nightmare.A real nightmare.The next morning came, and I h
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Ava was sipping on the wine as the ladies were talking with each other and she was one of them as well. The Duchess of Belikov, Becca was smiling as her best friend, Emily, the marchioness of Kain were talking with each other.“I cannot believe that Daniel’s cousin is finally married. And here we are trying to figure out the man myself but here we are talking to his wife right now. How do you not know that your husband’s cousin was in town, Caroline?” the ladies asked my best friend before she shrugged.“Hey, I am not in this family for so long and I am not his maid. Daniel did not know that he was getting married until we had the invitation,” Caroline said as she was sipping on the wine. I smiled.“At least, we will not be playing with the queen’s matchmaking anymore. It was hard when she wanted our husbands to find a bride and to think that she had a say in anything,” Jessie said as she was shaking her head. I pondered on that.“Yeah, Niklaus and I met
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Ava walked to the study room that her mother insisted she come. She just got out of the bath and she was ready to take on a new thought before she heard some conversation inside the room. And it was about her, none the wiser.“…I will be in touch then, Lord Randolph,” the familiar voice came from inside the room as the servant opened the door for Ava to enter. It was her mother who spotted her first before she was greeting her.“Ava, dear, would you like some tea? His Lordship was about to leave as he thought he would not be meeting you,” her mother said with a glistening shine in her eyes that made Ava want to know what they were talking about in the first place. She was aware that it was about her, so might as well get some information about it.“You waited for me?” Ava asked Marsh as she was locking her eyes with his. He smiled before her mother was fussing over them and they were not the only ones that wanted to be
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Marsh was looking at himself in the mirror, standing from head to toe. He sighed as he was tying the cravat onto his neck. This is not what I had in mind when I was coming back here, hosting a dinner party for the queen and her seneschal, Marsh thought before a knock disturbed him.“Come in,” he said before the old butler was coming into the bedchamber. He was smiling at him before the butler bowed to him.“The guests are here, my lord,” the old man said as Marsh was nodding at him. He was looking at himself for the last time before he took the cravat and put it inside his waistcoat.“Are the seneschal and his family here as well?” he asked the butler before the old man nodded.“Aye, my lord. And the daughter is a pretty one. I think the young queen has chosen well,” the butler said as Marsh frowned at him. If the butler did not know about this matter, Marsh would certainly make some other arrangement as wel
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Ava was smiling at the carriage ride as she was holding hands with Marsh right now. She did not know when this developed but after that kiss that they shared, she knew that she was being courted by this lord.Is this what it felt like to be courted to marry? Ava smiled as she felt the hand that was squeezing hers. She turned to look at Marsh before he smiled upon her.“I see that you are quite content with yourself, darling,” he said as he used the endearment that was only reserved for someone dear to them. And right now, Marsh was using that on her. Her heart was beating fast before she blushed and smiled shyly as Marsh was pulling her closer.This is heaven, Ava mused before she was looking at the mansion that was standing still in front of her. She gave the directions to get to her house but she did not classify which one was hers.She just hoped that Marsh did not want to come and greet her parents. She was not ready for
