Page 33 of Seduced By a Scoundrel

Is that any way to speak to a lady? I am sure I am offended.

S

Hoyden,

If I believed you, I am sure I would be most apologetic.

K

Sybil grinned. She couldn’t help it.

“Stay focused,” Peony grumbled when her dagger missed the target’s mustache by many inches.

“I am focused.”

“Only on those scraps of paper. Who are they from?” Peony glanced at the first note, with its precisely signed name, and groaned. “I should have known. That look on your face.”

“What about it?”

“It’s how Matilda and Emmeline look at each other. And how Clara used to look at Captain Thorn before they got married.” She shook her head, disgusted. “Sybil, really. I expected better of you.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

She wasn’t for marrying.

And Keir wasn’t for her.