"I assumed as much and am happy for it," he said. "First we have to see if your father, and Charlotte's, will approve. We know Lord Huddleston has given his overwhelming approval for Nate to marry you, Penelope." Isabel graced him with one of her engaging grins. "I do not foresee any issues, my lord.” Her cheery disposition was one of her most endearing features. Not only was Isabel beautiful, she was confident, yet also pragmatic. And that luscious body of hers made his c**k randy as a colt in one of his grandmother's stud barns. Never one for the thinner lasses, Laethan had always admired a more womanly physique. And Isabel had that to be certain. He'd wrapped his arms about it the night they met, as they’d waltzed at his grandmother’s birthday ball. That night he'd been unable to tak

