Page 76 of The Duke of My Heart

‘DearElizabeth,

You will never guess what happened to me today? I realized that I am loved back. The Lord kissed me, and I could feel the love coming from his lips. I think I want to marry him, even it if would not beeasy...’

She sighed deeply and listened to the fluttering of her heart. Even if there were many reasons why she should not be happy with what had just happened, Iris felt it anyway and she relished the pleasant warmth that spread through herbody.

If this was what love felt like, then she was glad that she had waited for it. It felt utterlywonderful.

Only moments before, when Ewan first left his office, he thought that he was tired enough to sleep where he stood, but after seeing Daisy wandering through the manor in the dead of night and accidentally kissing her, he did not think that he would ever be able to sleepagain.

Of course he should have spoken to her then while they were alone, but actually, now he felt grateful that he had not because his brain had produced the most wonderful plan ever. He would ask Daisy to marry him, he wouldmake her his wife, but he would introduce his sister to societyfirst.

Amy had suggested that she did not mind not marrying a wealthy man, but Ewan could not shake off the sensation that it was his job to at least ensure that she had a comfortable life. If he found her a husband worthy of her affection, and one that she adored too, then he could sort out his own lifeafterwards.

That way everyone could behappy.