Chapter Four
But why?” Lady Blakemore asked, appropriately shocked.
Diana could only hold her breath, waiting for Lydia’s answer, and she suspected she wasn’t the only one.
“Because I don’t want to marry—ever,” Lydia admitted.
“Has your father been pressuring you to become engaged?” Diana asked. She too was feeling the weight of her father’s insistence she marry as quickly as possible.
Lydia gave her a hesitant little smile. “He has, but it’s not that. I simply don’t want to ever get married.”
There was silence all around the room until Lady Moreton asked gently, “Did your parents have a difficult marriage?”
“No! They were very much in love,” Lydia answered.
“Then why don’t you want to marry?” Lady Norman asked.
Lydia turned her head away for a moment. This was clearly a very diff
