He reached down and linked his fingers with hers, pulling her gently to her feet.
“Rosanna – you must know how I feel about you?” he said urgently. “Please give me a sign that you are not indifferent to my advances.”
Rosanna gasped, overcome with emotion.
She loved Lord Melton!
There, she had finally admitted it to herself. And he was saying that he had feelings for her.
But – the beautiful face of Lady Verity swam into Rosanna’s mind.
Surely she was the one Lord Melton truly loved? Perhaps he just felt grateful for the nursing help she had given him.
“You are very quiet, my dear,” the Earl said now, frowning. “Have I, perhaps, been too presumptuous. If I have alarmed you in any way – ”
“Oh, no, my Lord,” Rosanna cried. “It’s just – what with everything that has happened – inheriti
