Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (36 page)

“
F
rom
w
h
a
t
I
und
e
rs
ta
nd
Gr
a
ndf
at
h
e
r
i
s
h
e
r
gu
a
rd
ia
n…”

“
I
ta
ke
i
t
y
ou
do
not
know
all
,
L
ord
C
a
sv
e
l
y
n
,” he
po
i
n
te
d
up
h
i
s
f
i
ng
e
r
t
o
a
m
a
n b
e
h
i
nd
h
i
m
.
“Le
opo
l
d,
pr
a
y
ta
ke
A
l
y
c
e down
t
o
t
he
room
wh
e
re
we
found
d
ea
r
s
w
ee
t Aunt
Em
m
a
w
ho
s
ee
m
e
d
so
d
i
s
t
r
e
ss
e
d
a
t
h
a
v
i
ng
l
ost
A
l
y
c
e
i
n
t
he
n
i
gh
t
.”

“
O
h,
Ch
a
r
le
s,
I
don’t
w
a
nt
t
o
lea
ve
y
o
u.
It
h
a
s
b
ee
n
t
ru
l
y
a
wful
t
h
e
se
la
st
f
e
w
w
ee
ks.
T
he
c
o
tta
g
e
…
t
on
i
g
h
t
…,”
she
g
la
n
ce
d
ov
e
r
a
t
Ju
lia
n.
H
e
r
f
ac
e
f
la
m
e
d r
e
d.
“
In
t
ru
t
h,
I
owe
L
ord
C
a
sv
el
y
n.
He
s
a
v
e
d
m
e
. Ch
a
r
le
s,
d
i
d
y
o
u kn
o
w…”

“
I
’m
ce
r
tai
n
I
ca
n
a
s
ce
r
tai
n
wh
a
t
h
i
s
acti
ons
w
e
r
e
,”
Ch
a
r
le
s
b
e
nt
d
o
wn
a
nd
k
i
s
s
e
d
t
he
t
op
of
h
e
r
h
ea
d.
“
N
ow,
do
be
good
i
f
y
o
u
w
a
nt
t
o
go
w
it
h
me
.
I
h
a
ve brought
y
o
u
a 
c
oup
l
e
of
t
r
a
v
e
l
gowns
t
h
a
t
a
re
e
xqu
i
s
ite
.
Ch
a
nge
a
nd
I
w
il
l
be
down.
I
h
a
ve
al
l
s
e
t
t
o
lea
v
e
.”

“
L
ord
T
r
e
g
il
g
a
s,
I
m
ust
ob
j
ect
!”
J
u
lia
n
i
n
te
r
j
ecte
d. H
i
s
p
atie
n
c
e
h
a
d
worn
t
h
i
n
by n
i
gh
t
's
a
dv
e
n
t
ure
a
nd
t
he
s
ce
ne
i
n
front
of
h
i
m
.

“
G
o
a
nd
be
a
good
g
i
r
l
,
A
l
y
c
e
,”
L
ord
T
r
e
g
il
g
a
s s
ai
d,
push
i
ng
h
e
r
out
t
he
door.
He h
el
d
up
h
i
s
h
a
nd
a
s
i
f
t
o
g
i
ve
p
a
use
t
o
J
u
lia
n.
Watc
h
i
ng
h
e
r
lea
ve
w
it
h
r
el
u
cta
n
ce
,
L
ord
T
r
e
g
il
g
a
s
cl
os
e
d
t
he
door
a
nd
t
urn
e
d
t
o
J
u
lia
n.
“
I
do
not
w
a
nt
y
ou
t
o
t
h
i
nk
t
h
a
t
I’m
not d
ee
p
l
y
a
ppr
ecia
t
i
ve
of
y
o
u
r
e
ffor
t
s
t
o
pro
tec
t
A
l
y
c
e
,
but
I
w
a
nt
y
ou
t
o
be
a
w
a
re
of
t
he
ci
r
c
u
m
s
ta
n
c
e
s.
It
i
s
e
v
i
d
e
nt
t
o
m
e
t
h
a
t
y
ou
m
a
y
not
h
a
ve
b
ee
n
i
nfor
me
d.”

“
T
h
e
n
qu
ic
k
l
y
e
xp
lai
n
y
o
u
rs
el
f.”

“
L
ord
C
a
sv
el
y
n,
t
he
f
ac
t
t
h
a
t
y
o
u
n
ee
d
t
o
be
a
w
a
re
of
i
s
A
l
y
c
e
’s
h
e
r
ita
g
e
.
H
e
r
n
a
m
e
i
sn’t
Rufford,
but
H
y
t
h
e
.
H
e
r
n
a
m
e
i
s
M
a
ry
A
l
y
c
e
H
y
t
h
e
,
G
e
orge
H
y
t
h
e
’s
d
a
ugh
te
r.
Now do
y
ou
und
e
rs
ta
nd
?
”
L
ord
T
r
e
g
il
g
a
s
s
te
pp
e
d
b
ac
k
t
ow
a
rd
t
he
door.
Wit
h
h
i
s
h
a
nd
on
t
he door
knob,
he
s
ai
d,
“
I
a
ssu
m
e
y
ou
w
il
l
not
h
a
ve
a
ny
i
ssue
w
it
h
m
e
ta
k
i
ng
h
e
r
i
n
t
o
L
ondon now.”