He turned toward the back stairwell to go up. Her father was going to destroy their company, and likely send him to prison for ruining his daughter. He would take the punishment, but his cousin and Nathaniel didn’t deserve it. They had no part in his seduction of Charlotte. And Charlotte, herself, didn’t deserve the scorn she was going to receive from society.
Midway down the long, carpeted hall, he noticed Nathaniel and Penelope were gone, nowhere to be seen, which was best for both of them. Eamon didn’t want his friend to see him upset, nor Charlotte’s sobbing. He was afraid to look behind him because he knew she was in her room by now. She was more than angry with him, and he deserved her rage and disappointment. He’d humiliated and shamed her in front of her friends. All because he di
