Chapter Nineteen
And what were you doing out here on your own, anyway?” Lord Colburne asked as he slowly walked Diana back to the ballroom.
“Waiting for Lord Rosebury to fetch me a glass of lemonade,” she said. She hated the fact that his voice was colder than usual.
“Lord Rosebury? I saw him talking with some woman wearing a dress cut so low she was in danger of an indecent display.”
Diana couldn’t help but laugh at his description, but said, “Oh dear, yes, that does sound like something the gentleman would do. I imagine with a display like that, he forgot all about me.”
“I’m very sorry,” he said with sincere sympathy in his voice.
“Oh, no, it’s perfectly fine. I have no interest in the gentleman, but I did want a glass of lemonade. And then, of course, it would have deterred Lord S
