ust

Absolutely any part

to sit through another of his moth

want to imagine how terrible that would be. He glanced at Liam- his older brother- who was talking to a

for a few moments longer than appropriate before

was showi

the time so obviously often and looked away

all had to conform to. "I haven't gotten the chance to talk to Sir Charles about his trip to...Where was he again? " Lord Tennyson was asking, addressing the lady sitting next to him. The woman was almost his parents' age, and almost as rich as they were. Lady Oleanna was

fter the British settled in the province they were now discussing in China, every second lord, baron, merchant, or trader- overall everyone who now belonged to the upper-class society couldn't wait to lay their ha

ed to check the pretty, greenstone

ay in those matters. At all. "Great, " his father called the servant standing nearb

et alone over dinner tables, everyone prese

imes. "You are very well informed." Oleanna said, "But I would suggest, in order not to bore all those ch

you. Well, I sugges

tner, or not- that depended on how well he could persuade the woman to coopera

Lady Charlotte came from a ver

ther appropriate match at the ti

all that parade of fake smiles would end soon, so he could go spend the rest of the night in another company. Which meant- very far from the Hither end of Portland Place, where the wealthy circles gathered. Callum

omen chased him so relentlessly, but he

ow inappropriate the move was, and purred in his most silky v

pinned her with hi

only lifted his glass as a salute in Liam's direction. He finished his wine and asked the servant to remove the untouched plate in front of him. The night was just beginning - soon - and he had no intention of spending it in the s