NovelUSAChapter 632
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INSINUATIONS KATHERINE The carriage moved through the bustling streets.
Icouldnt stop looking through the sheer curtain at the people passing by, watching the lively sway of the night
markets.
The air was thick with festivity.
It was my first tvisiting these lands, outside of Everharts Duchy and the territories of other nobles.
Suddenly, we cto a halt, perhaps because something was blocking the carriages path.
My attention fell on a pair of lovers standing in front of a trinket stall.
The man looked like a farm laborer, his skin tanned by the sun, but his face bore the foolish expression of a man
hopelessly in love as he gazed at the petite woman beside him.
He picked up a few pendants, trying them on her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe woman looked embarrassed, and then he whispered something in her ear, leaning in so close that it made
her smile and blush like a tomato.
| sighed wistfully.
Thad always been a hopeless romanticso much so that a few sweet words and tender gestures were all it took
forto fall into bed with the house gardener and end up pregnant at a young age.
llost my daughter, her father was possibly murdered, and then | was treated like an animal for years in that
madhouse.
Now, | have to resort to deception, using tricks to sleep with aman who mistakesfor my twin sister.
---- What a colorful life Ive had.
"Are you sad about losing your pendant?" A whisper suddenly brushed against my ear, the Dukes soft breath
tickling my skin.
"My pendant?" | lifted my head and turned slightly, meeting his beautiful blue eyes.
"No, | hadnt even remembered that." Tassumed he was talking about the old opal pendant | had given him.
"Then why did you look sad while watching them? Are you that unhappy by my side?" he asked, catchingoff
guard.
Thadnt realized he was watching me.
His brow was slightly furrowed, his sensual lips were so close, his chest radiated warmth against my shoulder.
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no, why would | be unhappy by Your Graces side?" | couldnt help but avoid his gaze.
The truth was, | wasnt exactly unhappy, but | was carrying too many lies and secrets.
The biggest one of alll wasnt the woman he thought | was.
"Duchess..." His fingers grasped my chin.
Elliot turned my face back toward him, so close | thought he might kissat any moment.
He leaned even further over my body, pinningagainst the corner of the carriage.
My heart trembled, pounding erratically.
| was starting to feel a little nervous.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"T know our beginning wasnt ideal.
There are many things we need to...
discuss," he paused, his intense gaze never leaving mine.
"But, Rosse...
Duchess, Im willing to bury the hatchet.
Honestly, its
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