Chapter Twenty-Seven
~May 29~
Elizabeth was a little surprised a few days later when her footman informed her that Mr. Charles Aldridge was at the door and asking whether she was at home.
“Yes, of course!” Elizabeth said, putting a hand up to her hair to be sure it was still in place. She wondered if he was going to propose. The connection they’d felt at his dinner party had been unmistakable. The entire evening she’d felt it, and she was pretty certain he had as well. When she’d stood by his side greeting his guests, it had felt so right. She had stood there, wishing with all her heart that she was indeed his hostess, his companion…his wife.
For a moment, she wondered if she was ready to get remarried. She laughed at herself. Of course she was! She had never had deeper feelings for he
