Page 24 of Dueling With the Duke

“Why, yes,” the marchioness said, hands out. “I suppose so.”

Jamie ran up to them, and suddenly the two children and their grandparents were talking as if they had been together for years.

Georgie didn’t realize she was weeping until Adam set a handkerchief in her hand. “All better now?” he asked.

She nodded. “It is certainly on the right road, my love.”

He smiled at her. “My love,” he echoed. “That is the best of all.”

“Yes,” she smiled back, knowing that with the support of this man she had finally reclaimed herself. “It is.”

For the first time in her life, she felt good about the future of her family. But even if she had walked away from her parents empty-handed, she had more than her heart could hold. All because Adam Marrick had kept his cousin’s promise.

Thank you, Jamie, she thought as she considered the family he had given her and the future she thought he blessed. Thank you for loving me enough to give me Adam. And for telling me to look past his perfectly forgettable face.