Who would have thought that he would end up being the one to escort her, courtesy of his father.
And she knew him enough to know that he would never disobey an order from his father …
But…
What if he thinks that she deliberately fixed things so that he would accompany her?
She could swear that the Duke had made the decision all on his own…
After all, Friedrich would be the one telling him, not her.
Eve returned to her room, busying herself by selecting which of her things she intended to keep and that which she would take with her on her journey. She had been so busy that she had missed lunch time.
But it didn't matter to her because Theodore never had lunch at the dining table. He was probably in the library entertaining himself with a steaming cup of tea and an interesting book.
He had said that he considered her a potential reading mate, hadn't he? Did that mean that he no longer despised her?
Was there hope, no matter how slim?
Well, she had until spring to find out.
