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Finn wanted to tell her that she wasn’t plain at all, in his opinion.

She had beautiful eyes and a mouth that begged to be kissed. Not to mention that she had a body made for sin.

‘Surely you could do better than Fergus?’

There was a stubborn glint in her eye that made him wonder if Miss Bradshaw might actually have a spine after all—until she spoke and spoiled it.

‘I am content with Fergus.’

‘Oh, content, are you? I am glad someone is. Meanwhile, it is me who is now stuck with you! How typical of my brother to leave me with his problems while he swans off to have fun.’

She recoiled as if she had been slapped and Finn felt terrible. ‘I did not mean to refer to you as a problem, Miss Bradshaw, I merely meant that—’

She held up her hand to stop him.

‘You are quite right, Mr Matlock. Perhaps you would be good enough to arrange for the luggage to be transferred to Stanford House immediately so that you are not inconvenienced further?’