It had made her ready to defy him, but now she wished miserably that she had been able to explain how she had really tried so hard to do what was best for him and had not thought of anything but saving him from having to marry Lady Isolda.
But she had the feeling that whatever she had said he would not have listened to her.
“You are looking worried,” Lord Rowlock said beside her. “Let me tell you, Petrina, that if I do lose, it will be worth every penny to have had this opportunity of being with you and talking to you again.”
“The Earl would be very annoyed if he knew where I was,” Petrina pointed out.
“He will never know,” Lord Rowlock answered, “so don’t worry about him.”
Petrina remembered that they had to return to London before long and they had already been travelling for two an
