Chapter Fourteen
On a warm sunny morning in mid-June, wearing her new burgundy riding habit in preparation for her morning ride with her brother, Elise entered the dining room to breakfast to find Ren nervously issuing orders for his horse to be brought around immediately and the coach sent to pick up Prescott. Then he instructed Michael on the handling of certain business and legal matters for him while he was away.
“My secretary will arrive at nine,” Ren said as he collected several leather-bound folios and handed them to his valet for packing. “He will assist you, Michael. All the files are right there in the office, he knows which ones you should need. Once you’ve gone over the terms of those contracts and approve them, send them to me for signatures, please.”
“Is everything all rig
