For the first time—­and in her experience, the last time—­her husband had been a little defensive, even a trifle ashamed. I never lied. He knows perfectly well that we shall lead separate lives. She heard her sister drop into the chair by the side of the bed. Then she heard a sigh. Papa is getting old, Lizzie. He made a terrible mistake, and he knows it. He misses you. If you would just pay him a visit...

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I refuse to allow you to wither away in bed simply because your husband was infatuated with Shady Sadie,” Cat said, using the term by which the gossip rags had referred to Adrian’s mistress. “You must put all that behind you. Sadie has another protector, and you are out of mourning. It’s time to stop hiding.” Do you know the tell-tale signs that she is falling for you? Learn more how to spot the signals she is sending you. What the bloody hell are you doing?’ I blurt, practically lunging for his leg to save him from falling to the cutting stones. Of course, I miss it, for the man moves fast, and I look out of the window, turning my head to see up onto the roof. You make it sound as if he dropped a tea cup, Lizzie observed, unable to stop herself. I would call the fact that Adrian died in the act of tupping Sadie Sprinkle inconsiderate in the extreme. Speaking of bars, I was sitting in one, close to a loud, ‘bro’ group of friends. Can you guess what they were sharing with pretty much anyone in the place with a functioning set of ears? You guessed right — ‘getting some strange.’ And we aren’t talking just a couple of high fives here.”

Lizzie didn’t want the truth. In fact, she felt such a stab of anger that she had to fold her lips tightly together or she would scream at Cat.

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I refuse to allow you to wither away in bed simply because your husband was infatuated with Shady Sadie, Cat said, using the term by which the gossip rags had referred to Adrian’s mistress. You must put all that behind you. Sadie has another protector, and you are out of mourning. It’s time to stop hiding. Frank Melrose is on the cusp of taking his father’s printing business global – the last thing he needs is the distraction of anywoman, let alone the dazzling Taya Winters. I like reading. And forgive me if I point out that Tolbert is not precisely a hotbed of social activity.” Cat and her husband, Lord Windingham, lived deep in Suffolk, in a dilapidated manor house surrounded by fields of sheep. I’ve written lots of novels (around 25, when I’m writing this), and one of my favorite tropes is the virgin widow. Hey, this is fiction, not real life. I wanted my heroine to feel humiliated by something far more grave than the mean names that Oliver passed around. Her husband was genuinely unkind, neglectful, and deceitful. Helping Lizzie to heal is part of Oliver’s recompense for his foolish actions as a young man.A man who doesn’t bother to consummate his marriage until he’s suffered a heart seizure and has, as the vulgar might put it, been given notice to quit. I bought Sadie a house, and we live there, Adrian had said casually. When she frowned in confusion, he had added impatiently, " Sadie. Didn’t your father tell you her name?" Frank Melrose is on the cusp of taking his father's printing business global - the last thing he needs is the distraction of any woman, let alone the dazzling Taya Winters.