Not a single flaw could be found. Carefully slicked-back hair, a perfectly tailored tailcoat, and an aura of refinement that lingered like perfume—along with polite, cultured speech.
“After that incident, I tried to step out of my father’s shadow. I’ve since started a small publishing house.”
He handed Jacqueline his business card. She accepted it with yet another social smile.
“A publishing house… that’s unexpected.”
“Actually, I had been planning to contact you after hearing that Miss Somerset was staying at Preston Manor. Seeing you here today, it seems we really were destined to meet.”
Jacqueline gave another faint, bitter smile. The thought of Earl Knox’s displeasure at their meeting crossed her mind.
There was no one here naive enough to believe marriage was the result of love. Marriage was a union between families—for greater wealth and power.
And to Earl Knox, Jacqueline was nothing more than a “worthless impoverished…
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