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The Viscount
"I have finally determined
the difficulty . . . love itself."
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Post by Anthony Bridgerton on Nov 4, 2022 18:04:45 GMT
20. “I’ll be here to protect you.”
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2022 5:14:32 GMT
I'll Be Here to Protect You Anthony & Cressida Things had been going so swimmingly between the two of them in Cressida’s eyes. They’d promenaded together, shared a dance or two at the latest ball, and she was already telling her friends, Li Na and Caroline, that she was going to be the next Mrs. Bridgerton — and viscountess. Every next outfit she wore was even more extravagant than the last to accommodate this hopeful and eventual marriage. It was almost causing a rift in her parents’ own marriage. Her father kept pestering about the 'what ifs' and it was getting on her mother's last nerve. Lady Cowper was determined to make this marriage happen if it was the last thing she did.
Cressida, however, before him now, couldn't help but fool herself into thinking she might be starting to understand love. Maybe this didn't need to just be a marriage of convenience and status. Maybe she could have a happy ending.
”Oh, Anthony,” she replied, probably unwisely dropping all pretense of formality. Her voice was soft, barely above a whisper. She brought a hand to her chest and then started to fan herself. The statement would be enough to make anyone swoon, but of course it would take Cressida to actually do so. A slight smile graced her lips before the fan fell limply from her hands. Then a rather soft and practiced gasp escaped and she started to fall back, almost as if in slow motion. |
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