Alecia decided that it would be wiser to say nothing and she merely looked down so that her eyelashes were dark against the whiteness of her skin.
As if her silence goaded Lord Kiniston into continuing what he was saying, he said after a moment,
“I have, however, a very different proposition to put before you, to which I hope you will listen carefully.”
“I will – try,” Alecia murmured.
“You may suspect, in fact, you must know, that a great number of the men who wish to marry you would not propose if it were not for the fact that you are endowed with such a large fortune. It is, I imagine, very difficult for a young girl to differentiate between a man who is genuinely in love with her and one who, while he may admire her, is more interested in her wealth.”
“I – don’t believe that is tr
