Of All Sorrows, Love Is the Deepest
Unable to refuse any further, everyone took Rowena back home.
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By lunchtime the next day, Karina still hadn't appeared.
Clarence slammed his fork heavily on the table, his face dark with displeasure. "She has absolutely no sense of propriety! What kind of behavior is this?"
"Clarence, don't be angry. Have some soup," Rowena said, placing a bowl of soup in front of him.
The spark of anger in Clarence's heart died down almost at once, and when his eyes found Rowena, they held only a soft warmth. "Rowena, you're always so thoughtful."