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Chapter 28: My Husband.
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His Father's Bride Chapter 52: Ice Water.
One moment I had been sitting beside Lord Rathcliffe’s bed watching the steady rise and fall of his breathing, and the next, darkness had pulled me under completely. Pale morning light spilled softly through the curtains, casting silver across the room.For a few blissful seconds, I forgot where I was. Then I looked up. And found Lord Rathcliffe watching me. I startled upright in the chair so quickly my neck protested painfully. “My lord—” “You look terrified,” he said weakly. His voice was rough from sleep, quieter than I had ever heard it before. Relief rushed through me so suddenly my eyes burned. “You are awake.” “Clearly.” Despite the dryness of the remark, there was little strength behind it. He looked exhausted, pale against the pillows, dark shadows beneath his eyes. I leaned forward immediately. “I shall call the doctor at once," I said, rising from my chair. “No," he said, stopping me in my tracks. “ But you collapsed.” “And yet I survived.” He glanced toward the
His Father's Bride Chapter 51: Midnight.
The house felt unbearably heavy after midnight. Every clock tick echoed too loudly. Every creak of the floorboards made my heart jump, thinking perhaps the doctor had come downstairs with news, or that Lord Rathcliffe had finally awakened. But neither happened. Emma remained upstairs beside his bed while the doctor rested briefly in the sitting room. The servants moved through the townhouse like ghosts, speaking in hushed whispers. And William still had not returned. I sat near the drawing room fire with a blanket wrapped around my shoulders, though the warmth never reached me. My eyes burned with exhaustion, but every time I tried to close them, I saw John’s face again. I saw the heart break in Williams eyes that this truth would haunt him for the rest of his days. A sudden crash shattered the silence downstairs. I jolted upright. Voices erupted in the foyer. Then the unmistakable sound of someone stumbling into a table. “Sir—perhaps you should—” “
His Father's Bride Chapter 50: Resentment.
The silence after Lady Penbury’s words felt louder than the storm outside.John stared at Lord Rathcliffe as though he had never truly seen him before. His face had gone pale, all colour stripped away, but his eyes burned with something sharper than anger. “Tell me she is lying.” The room held its breath. Lord Rathcliffe stood rigid, one hand braced against the railing of the stairs. He did not look at Lady Penbury. He did not look at me . His gaze remained fixed on John alone. For a long moment, he said nothing. Then, slowly, he gave a single nod. That was all. The air shattered. Lady Penbury let out a bitter laugh, though tears glimmered in her eyes. “There. At last.” Her voice trembled with years of resentment. “Perhaps now everyone will understand how tired I am of being cast aside by you.” Lord Rathcliffe’s jaw tightened. “This was not the time to expose such a thing.” “Not the time?” she snapped. “You have hidden him his entire life!” John stood motionless his ex
His Father's Bride Chapter 49: Silence.
Lady Penbury did not wait for the room to settle. She came for me. The moment the last of the polite murmurs began to rise again—thin, strained attempts to pretend the evening had not just fractured—she cut through them with purpose, her skirts whispering sharply against the floor as she advanced. There was no pretense now. No silk to soften her words. Only anger. Raw and unmistakable. “You,” she said, stopping directly before me. The single word struck harder than any elaborate insult she had delivered before. I straightened instinctively, though my pulse was still unsteady from everything that had just transpired. The air felt too tight, too heavy, as though the walls themselves were pressing inward, forcing every truth into the open whether we wished it or not. “Lady Penbury,” I said, keeping my voice as even as I could manage. “If you have something to say—” “Oh, I do,” she cut in sharply. Her gaze raked over me, no longer veiled in polite disdain but blazing with ope
His Father's Bride Chapter 48: Do you love me?
William's POV “This way,” Cora said.There was something in her tone—quiet, controlled, and unmistakably intentional. Before I could question it, she was already guiding me away. We moved through the edges of the crowd, past murmured conversations and lingering glances. I could feel eyes following us—curiosity, speculation—but Cora did not falter. She did not slow. Only when the sound of the ballroom dulled behind us, swallowed by distance and stone, did she stop. The corridor was dimly lit, shadows stretching long against the walls. It felt removed from everything—like stepping outside the performance. Only then did she release my hand. I frowned slightly. “Cora—” “Do you have feelings for her?”The question landed cleanly.Sharply. I stared at her. “What?” “Belle,” she clarified, her voice steady in a way that told me this had not been a fleeting thought. This had been building. Observed. Considered. Concluded. “Do you have feelings for her?” “That is absurd,” I said immediate
His Father's Bride Chapter 47: Eventful.
Two days.In two days, William would be married.The thought settled in my chest like a weight I could neither lift nor ignore. It lingered there, heavy and immovable, no matter how carefully I composed myself.I sat at the long dining table, my fingers resting lightly against the delicate stem of my glass, watching as conversation ebbed and flowed around me like a tide I could not quite step into. Laughter rose in soft bursts. Cutlery chimed gently against porcelain. It was all so… civil. So perfectly arranged.Lady Cora sat beside William, radiant in pale blue silk that caught the candlelight with every movement. She was beautiful—undeniably so—and she knew it. Her laughter was soft, practiced, the kind that never lingered too long nor rang too loud. She leaned toward him often, her hand brushing his sleeve I supposed it belonged there. She belonged right where she was. William smiled at the right moments. Nodded when spoken to as required. But I could see the strain in the tightne
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