Jacqueline nibbled on her lip, waiting for Dominic to leave the study so she could have some privacy. Maybe see Anna and Peter again. Maybe see Amelia and William again.
He sat at his desk. Surrounded by papers and inkwells dried. He had been their since noon and the evening was going to approach soon. The sun lit the drawing room, that Jacqueline sat in. The day had been long, apart from asking if she would like to take afternoon tea Dominic had not talked to her whole day.
He had poured some hot tea into two warm cups and gently passed it to her. She had thanked him and he had returned to his desk. The door knocked and she rushed to open it, a servant held it and she quietly sank back into her seat.
Ten men strode in confidently. All wearing big smiles on their faces, they bowed to
