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Chapter 17
Jacob waited patiently.
He'd waited until Olivia had danced every set, each with a different man. He had waited even as Merrick lead her to dinner, whispering in her ear all the while. He had waited as the gentlemen were chased away for the ridiculous practice of consuming port while the ladies stayed back doing god knows what.
He was still waiting by the empty stairway, well hidden behind a pillar when he heard the twittering sounds of the ladies as they made their way up to their respective rooms.
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