He shook his head. “To Letty. I had to kiss her as some men from the ball heard the gunshot and burst into the room.”
“Had to?”
“To throw off suspicion as to what was truly happening.”
Caroline raised an eyebrow.
“But . . . I do admit that perhaps I wasn’t thinking as clearly as I should have been when I made my decision.”
“Oh, Adam,” she sighed. “Are you very unhappy?”
“Unhappy? No, not exactly. Worried is what I am.” He smiled ruefully. “The fact is, I do like Letty, have since the moment I met her when we were searching for Gillian.”
“You like her?” Caroline’s eyes brightened with a glimmer of joy.
“I do. She is so sweet, so innocent. Yet she is also intelligent and brave. She is what I would have sought in a bride, had it been safe to marry after I started working for the Home
