Charlotte's heart lurched sickeningly at the thought of going away. She honestly didn't know what Alex meant when he answered his mother's question confidently. "Oh yes," he said. "I will be staying now, won't I, Charlotte?"
Charlotte was lost for a reply. Was Alex implying that, because she would be leaving, he would be forced to remain?
Despite what he had said and done, despite her motives for agreeing to his infamous contract, she wanted to stay. This was her home; this man was her husband. And she loved him.
"It can't be true," Beth said to herself. "How can I love a man I met only a week ago?"
In a way, however, she had known him much longer--ever since she'd first arrived at Powys months before. Every family portrait she studied, every page of family history she read, contained something of Yorke Powys.
But hiss life was disastrously marked by the bye he'd harbored for the "unknown" Anne. Suddenly, Beth was angry at Yorke for wasting all he had to offer.
She might be a fool, but he was a bigger one!
"It can't be true," Beth said to herself. "How can I love a man I met only a week ago?"
In a way, however, she had known him much longer--ever since she'd first arrived at Powys months before. Every family portrait she studied, every page of family history she read, contained something of Yorke Powys.
But hiss life was disastrously marked by the bye he'd harbored for the "unknown" Anne. Suddenly, Beth was angry at Yorke for wasting all he had to offer.
She might be a fool, but he was a bigger one!
Sister Peters was delighted to be chosen, under the new exchange scheme, as the British representative to work in an Amsterdam hospital. It proved to be an interesting new life in more ways than one, and she found that emotional problems could be just as complicated in Holland as ever they could be at home.
There were three conflicting interests in Alex's life: two men -- and her career as a dress designer.? Terence offered her his love, but Charles Viddell could help her career.?? She knew that Charles found her attractive -- but she also knew of his reputation as a breaker of hearts, and she had no intentions of getting emotionally involved with him.? Alex thought she could control the whole situations - but could she?? Or would her heart take over from her head?
