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Lucian’s mouth curled disdainfully. ‘Do try to look a little happier, Grace, when I am about to ask your guardians for your hand in marriage.’

Grace stared at him dazedly, sure that she could not have heard him correctly. He could not seriously think—could not imagine—

‘But I have no wish to marry you!’

‘Wish?’ He arched scathing brows. ‘Wishes, Grace, either yours or my own, do not enter into the situation we now find ourselves in,’ he assured her scornfully. ‘We have broken the unwritten law of Society.’

Grace was well aware that she should not have allowed this man the liberty of kissing her—and had no idea how she was going to face her aunt again—but surely that did not mean they had to actually marry each other?