His Impassioned Proposal (The Bridgethorpe Brides)
“The Marchioness of Galworthy’s parlor was quite large and quite crowded, as it had been this time of year the two prior Seasons. Everyone wanted to be certain to receive an invitation to Lady Galworthy’s ball, one of the first crushes of the Season. And so, everyone paid a call the moment they arrived in London.
While she was possibly not the only person sitting in that elaborately decorated room who was guaranteed one of those coveted invitations, Jane felt out of place, a stranger who somehow... shared a common language with the young ladies and gentlemen around her. A common purpose to their gathering. The search for a suitable husband or wife, or a fortune to keep a title alive.
How had she become so dispassionate about finding a husband? She couldn’t continue to blame Stephen for the end of her childhood dream of romance. If anything, that event was more an awakening for her, the final threshold to her life as an adult. Perhaps she was slower to reach that step than her girlfriends who’d already married, but reach it she had.MoreLess
While she was possibly not the only person sitting in that elaborately decorated room who was guaranteed one of those coveted invitations, Jane felt out of place, a stranger who somehow... shared a common language with the young ladies and gentlemen around her. A common purpose to their gathering. The search for a suitable husband or wife, or a fortune to keep a title alive.
How had she become so dispassionate about finding a husband? She couldn’t continue to blame Stephen for the end of her childhood dream of romance. If anything, that event was more an awakening for her, the final threshold to her life as an adult. Perhaps she was slower to reach that step than her girlfriends who’d already married, but reach it she had.MoreLess
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