Chapter 21The Duke of Hastings is back!
Lady Whistledown's Society Papers,6 August 1813
Simon didn't speak as they slowly rode home. Daphne's mare had been found munching contentedly on a patch of grass about twenty yards away, and even though Daphne had insisted that she was fit to ride, Simon had insisted that he didn't care. After tying the mare's reins to his own gelding, he had boosted Daphne into his saddle, hopped up behind her, and headed back to Grosvenor Square.
Besides, he needed to hold her.
He was coming to realize that he needed to hold on to something in life, and maybe she was right, maybe anger wasn't the solution. Maybe, just maybe he could learn to hold on to love instead.
When they reached Hastings House, a groom ran out to take care of the horses, and so Simon and
