Vaughan had made a mental list of the things he needed discuss with the head of his family. There were several of them. He was actually feeling nervous about it, which was entirely unusual. He wasn’t a nervous person, by nature, and he had never felt anything but at ease with Lady Bea. He trusted her, respected her, and from all appearances she did the same for him. It wasn’t his Lady that was making him nervous, though, he thought. It was the circumstances. There was a lot of cause for anxiety.
Matthew met him at the door, and he chatted with the submissive for a couple of minutes before heading to Lady Bea’s study, where Matthew said she was occupied. Vaughan found the door open, and he paused in the doorway and knocked on the frame. “My Lady,” he greeted with a friendly smile.