“Things between you and Anne are better than I expected,” Godric said in obvious relief.
“I think she’s warming up to me,” Cedric boasted.
Lucien sniggered. “I’m not so sure. I think your friendly pat just now set you back a week in your wooing.”
“There’s always the carriage ride home, I suppose.” Cedric sighed dramatically, to which his friends laughed.
“Are we really all going to the opera?” Jonathan asked. There was a hopefulness in his tone that made Cedric’s heart tighten. Having only recently discovered he was a legitimate brother to a duke and not a servant as he’d been raised meant he still held a certain caution that hadn’t been present before. Jonathan had not been ill-treated, but he had not lived the lavish life Godric had either. Events they took for granted he still looke
