chapter sevenWhen they arrived back in George Town, Lord Selwyn was feeling bewildered.
He knew, and he could not be mistaken, that Anona loved him.
But it was impossible to understand why she refused to marry him.
It was, however, too difficult to argue while they were in the carriage and he merely said quietly,
“We will talk about this, my precious, when we are alone. In the meantime we must deal with those men who wanted to kill me.”
He felt the shiver that ran through her and knew that she could feel like that only about someone she loved.
The Chinese servants told them when they arrived that the Master was on the verandah.
Lord Selwyn and Anona hurried to him and were relieved to find that Lin Kuan Teng was alone.
He looked up when they appeared and said,
“Welcome, my most ho
