Annie Burrows - The Debutante's Daring Proposal

Sukey clapped her hand to her mouth to stifle a giggle.

‘I am sure that is not true, but anyway, if they do attract a man’s notice, that is all to the good, surely?’

‘There is nothing good about them. They are too big and too heavy. And, and...downright uncomfortable when I go out riding.’

‘Well, only because you will go everywhere at full gallop. I’m sure if you rode in a more decorous manner...’

‘Why should I ride in a decorous manner, just because I sprouted these on my thirteenth birthday?’

‘Because it is the ladylike thing to do,’ said Sukey with a puzzled shake of her head before walking back to the mirror to admire her reflection.

Leaving Georgiana convinced of only one thing. No matter how lovely and feminine and sweet Sukey was, deep down, she held the same convictions as Stepmama. Which was why, in spite of feeling a great deal of affection for her, she had never seen the point in confiding in her.

Not the way she’d been able to confide in Edmund.

But then he’d been the only person, apart from Papa, who’d accepted her as she was.

Until he’d been sent away.

Which had changed everything.

Everything.

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