Regency Secrets: My Lady's Trust. Julia Justiss
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“It’s beautiful,” Mrs. Martin whispered.
He lifted her hands to his lips, exulting when she did not pull them away. “You are beautiful,” he said as he kissed them, his voice husky. “Not a lady in the room tonight could compare.”
She laughed, her voice unsteady. “With your sister and Lady Ardith present? Mendacious flattery, my lord.”
“Absolute truth.”
She made a scornful noise. “I am to Lady Ardith as a candle flame to a Yule log’s blaze.”
“You are to her as fine gold to dross. And so I would have told you earlier, but your having endured enough of her spiteful tongue at dinner, I did not wish to single you out and attract more sweetly acid commentary.”
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