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One month later
Peregrine stood on the top steps of Ashbridge Heath, watching the distant storm clouds roll toward him. The gray-and-black froth in the sky was but a faint echo compared to the wild winds and violent rains that tore through his heart. From the moment he had let Sabrina walk away from him, he hadn’t been the same. He would never be the same again.
He had made a grave mistake, and now it was too late. Instead of going after her right away, he’d sat about moping at his country estate like some fool for months because he’d believed he was right about marriage, but now he realized that living without Sabrina was a worse fate than anything he’d face if marriage to her turned out to be like his parents’ unhappy union. He would rather take a risk with Sabrina and pray that
