Chapter 6
Celeste’s hand shook as she reread the neat handwriting on the note she’d received only that moment from her unlikely admirer. She leaned back on the little chair Mary had placed in front of the fire for her in her bedchamber and closed her eyes while the maidservant waited before her.
Would she really entertain such madness?
Bringing the note up to her chest, she rested it against her strongly beating heart.
What possible reason would Lord Peregrine have for wishing to meet with her alone, unless it were to pursue a dangerous, illicit agenda no proper lady would consent to being involved in?
She swallowed with difficulty, aware of Mary hovering, but having no answer for her yet. She needed to weigh up her options with care. Certainly, Raphael had sanctioned her to do what s
