CHAPTER SIXCelina looked at Rupert and realised that, despite what he had said beside the trap that afternoon, he still did not altogether trust her.
But in turn could she totally trust him?
Had he really believed she was being held captive by her uncle and Hamish?
Had he come to Beaumarche because he felt that he owed it to her for rescuing him from that dungeon?
If he had wanted to kill her uncle and cousin he had ample opportunity with both of them in a drunken stupor, but she did not really think he was capable of such an act.
She went upstairs to change her gown.
It was a relief to escape Rupert’s scrutiny.
He had such a strong face and such magnetic eyes.
Celina knew she wanted to trust him and the steady gaze of those eyes.
If only he trusted her!
But how could he when her
