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The Duke Disguised Himself as a Footman to Meet His Bride — What He Overheard Left Him Speechless

The Duke Disguised Himself as a Footman to Meet His Bride — What He Overheard Left Him Speechless

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Nobody except the woman inside that room.The floorboard under his boot cracked like a pistol shot.Amelia was on her feet in an instant, the scissors still in her hand, standing between the door and her sister like a lioness. "Who's there?"Lucien stepped into the candlelight and bowed his head the way he'd watched his own footmen do a thousand times. "Forgive me, miss. I'm Luke, His Grace's man. I was sent for linens and lost my way."She stared at him for a long moment. He waited for the scolding; he had heard ladies tear servants to pieces for far less.Instead, her eyes dropped to his sleeves. "You're soaked through.""It's nothing, miss.""It's November, and you were out in that rain holding the horses for an hour. I watched from the window."She turned, picked up a brick wrapped in flannel from the foot of Kit's bed, and pushed it into his hands. It was still warm."Take it. My uncle doesn't allow fires in the servants' hall. He says it makes them lazy."Lucien looked at the brick, then at the little girl shivering under a single blanket. "Miss, the little one needs it more than I do.""Kit has me," Amelia said simply. "Who do you have?"For a second, the Duke of Calderwood had no answer at all.Then the door at the end of the corridor slammed open, and a voice like a whip cracked through the house: "Amelia! Where the devil are you?"Every drop of color left her face.
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