Duke with a Duchess (Wicked Dukes Society #5)

“Ido wish I could dissuade you from returning to Riverdale Abbey,” Lady Verity said quietly as their carriage approached the Children’s Foundling Hospital that afternoon.

Following her wretched interview with Everett, Sybil had waited until they were underway before she shared her news. She hadn’t, of course, relayed the full extent of her row with Everett, nor the cause. And she kept her humiliating love for him to herself. Her pride could not bear much more.

Still, her sister-in-law had been openly dismayed by her announcement. Sybil reminded herself of the necessity that she leave. Everett himself had proved it in his study.

Goodbye, Sybil, he had said calmly, as if she meant less than nothing to him. And then he had allowed her to walk out the door. Her heart had been heavier than a stone as she had gone.