They had been at a dinner table chock full of various people aside from her family that Charles couldn’t bother to remember—all he saw was her. Good God, what had she done to him? He had come here thoroughly unimpressed, expecting yet another unpleasant run-in with the upper class he had spent most of his life resenting. Up until they spent a night rescuing the pigs she had newly brought to her estate, he had seen her as a vapid, aloof Earl’s daughter. And now she was simply extraordinary. He had managed—or so he thought—to hide himself quite well this evening, aside from the odd glance here and there, during dinner.
After dinner was a completely different story. He had made a beeline to the lounge she was sitting on, gravitating towards her as he always did. He smiled at her answer to his question, only asked half in jest. “No, we couldn’t have that, could we?” He shifted to the side, putting a bit of distance between them as he rested his elbows on his knees, tearing his gaze away to observe the rest of the library. “You’re better at this than I am.”
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