It was no use trying to pretend they had met in a lovers’ tryst. Nicholas, like her grandfather, had the disconcerting habit of ferreting out lies. So she might as well give him as much of the truth as she could without revealing Blanton’s role.
‘Assure himself of your safety? I find that impossible to swallow. Why should he care what happens to any of us?’
‘I don’t know,’ Sarah whispered. His behaviour last night and even up to Nicholas’s arrival had seemed to indicate some concern for her. But after tonight, she could only think it had been false.
Nicholas’s expression hardened. ‘Neither do I. But if he hurts you, he’ll have me to answer to.’
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