Chapter 21
Julien sighed when Hudson announced Lord Seaforth and Lady Penelope, wishing he’d told the butler he wasn’t at home to anyone. His friends were likely just concerned about him, but he wasn’t in the mood for sympathy or company and hadn’t been for the past five days. That was when he’d sent Leander a note of almost-apology.
There had been no reply.
The day after sending the note, he’d called again, and again he’d been told Leander was not at home. Furious with Leander for the humiliating experience of being turned away twice and furious with himself for allowing it, he’d returned home vowing that he would not call on, or even think of, the American again.
That proved much easier said than done.
Not sure how he’d react to meeting up with Leander, Julien avoided places he migh
