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Оглавление“What an untidy household you keep, sir, that everyone disappears on you.”
“You can see why I need you.”
Richard needed her? Oh, how Claire wanted to be truly needed, a helpmate instead of an ornament to be trotted out to impress but forgotten otherwise. Yet, would it be any different with him? Wasn’t she, even now, just a means to an end for him?
“So you think it’s safe here?” she asked.
“No harm will come to Samantha,” Richard said softly. “Or you. I promise.”
Richard was standing so close, Claire found herself longing to lean against him, let his arms come around her, sheltering her. Instead, she took a step back.
“I shall hold you to that promise, Captain Everard. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I should check on your cousin before retiring.”
Claire turned for the stairs.
“Good night, Claire,” he called. “Pleasant dreams.”
Dreams? Once he’d embodied her dreams of the future. Now she didn’t know what to think. For, no matter his promise, she was very much afraid she was in danger at Dallsten Manor—in danger of losing her heart.
