CHAPTER SEVENMena felt heavy-eyed in the morning because she had cried herself to sleep.
She had thought that not only would she never see Lindon again but it would be a great mistake to do so.
How could she possibly tell her mother and the Duke that she was in love, madly in love, with one of his employees who looked after the horses?
She could imagine that her mother would be very distressed.
The Duke would understandably be shocked and perhaps, because of her, Lindon would be dismissed.
‘I cannot – hurt him – that is something I – just cannot do,’ she sobbed.
She had gone to sleep murmuring his name and had awoken feeling as if he was near her simply because she wanted him so desperately.
She washed her face in cold water and thought that it made her look a little better.
She ha
