*Rosalind*
Clutching my reticule, I sweep into my residence. "Merrick!"
Riverdale had taken me into the grand study of his magnificent residence. After opening a safe located behind a seascape, he handed me five thousand quid with the same ease as I hand over a penny for candy. Without demanding anything else of me, not even a kiss, he returned me to the Twin Wolves.
I promptly made my excuses that I needed to contact those to whom I owe money so I can settle my accounts and promised to play cards with him in a private room tomorrow evening, have a young man fetch my carriage, and quickly return home. The fashionable carriage and four, for which I've promised to pay a ghastly sum, are waiting in the front.
"Merrick!"
Carrying a mug, he finally wanders out from the hallway that leads t
