Mated to my best friend

ed silent for seve

be married from here

d. 'If I don't

ls into the back of h

s for another week. Give me a

Lips that had touched hers and sent such a jolt through her

made her heart beat harder. This was a whole hi

oesn't seem unreasonable. And Alice Will

sion bled from his shoulders. Resignation replaced the anger in his

ent up breath.

your bride to be remains here

. She had t f

on with me. Besides, she had her own life to lead and her own commitments

the time to plan

ion po

London.'... in exchange

ration for the wedding, Lucas I know I could do it from London, but I will be able to troubleshoot more effectively on the spot m, make any split second decision that are needed.'

ntually nodded. 'Yes, I can

ment. He returns on Friday, and we

take care of few bits and bobs at the end too. I'm also organising a charity ball my father is hosting two Saturdays from tomorrow. All the preparations are complete, except for a few finishing touches, which I can ta

id. 'I want to. She glanced at Lord Arthur

ed out

of my own.' A sly thought made her added . 'Thou

stablishment,' he thundered, 'I'm fully able to pr

ge? But she le

oing to need access to

ws lowered

to hire caters, bar and wait staff, a photographer, as well as someone to do the cake. Not to ment

e have better people here in Scotland. I will make sure t

ar? H

se do yo

hor

at

It will ke

being exiled to the highlands is g

out all the sitting indoors and watching musicals that I plan to do too.' A stiff canter every day would help her maintain h

clean air or the way the sun sparkled on the dew could lift the weight fro

rse he

ther from thinly veiled hostility to almost

on't tru

many people make the mistake of treating the staff as if they are invisible, but they are not. I bet the gard

deserves s

reason to suspect anythi

never treated staff as

d

surveyed them. Oh! Her face softened in awe and appreciation and his heart jerked about his chest. A moment

and he wanted to caution Claire to be on her guard. But as he watched her with the h

with horses sh

orses but

animals in general. He wondered why she didn't have a pet. Mind you, if she crooned to hm like that s

cious smile and he reali