CHAPTER TWORona had expected Lord Robert to lead her into the dance, but instead he continued walking out of the ballroom into the garden, hung with fairy lights.
"You asked me to dance," she protested.
"I have something to say to you," he replied, not slowing.
This high handed behaviour was not at all to her taste, but she followed him, thinking that at any moment he would stop, but he kept on walking. When he finally indicated for her to sit on one of the rustic benches, they were well away from the lights.
"It's very dark," Rona said, sitting reluctantly.
"That's why I've brought you here," Robert replied. "What I have to say to you I do not want overheard."
Her heart beat with apprehension. If only there was some way to stop him! But there was no way, so she resigned herself to l
