“That you can do now.”
“How?”
He had the feeling, as he spoke, that her reply would not be what he wished to hear.
“By leaving me alone,” Thalia said. “You are well aware that you have blackmailed me into coming here tonight simply because I could not upset my mother. That is something that must not happen again.”
She saw an expression that she thought was one of annoyance on the Earl’s face and could not resist adding,
“As for your house, your carriage, your horses and your jewels, I am certain that Mademoiselle Genevieve will accept all those and a great deal more with pleasure!”
“I am not interested in Genevieve, but in you!”
“For which you obviously think that I should be flattered and grateful. I am neither! When I think it over, I shall find your proposition, my Lord – insulti
