She was surprised by his eagerness, though he quickly struggled to veil it in his expression.
“I will be happy to come, of course,” she answered.
Emily St. Laurent, the Duchess of Essex, was Anne’s close friend. When Anne had been eighteen, she’d had her come-out in London and met Emily’s mother. The lovely Mrs. Parr had helped her enter society smoothly. Anne had vowed to return the favor for Mrs. Parr’s daughter when Emily’s parents had been lost at sea over a year ago.
Of course, Anne had little actual time introducing Emily to London because Godric, Cedric, and the other rogues he called his friends had abducted the poor girl on her second night coming out in London society.
None of that mattered now, however. Emily had tamed the darkly handsome Godric, and the two were so madly in
