Chapter 98 Instructive

• Instinctively her chin tilted, defying any negative opinion he might hold. “Mrs. King kindly invited us to stay overnight to save disturbing Marco’s sleep with travelling.”
• “So you’ll be sleeping here, too.”
• Tension poured from him, swirling around her like a tightening net, holding her captive. “I’ve been given the nanny’s room in the nursery quarters,” she said, then wished she hadn’t told him that. Although the arrangement was most suitable for her and Marco’s needs, it sounded as though she didn’t rate a proper guest room.