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Chapter Twenty-Eight
After finding out about the protests and sending her message through to the Marquess via Lord Rockgonie, Rose returned to her room with her lady’s maid in tow.
She couldn’t have sent a direct message to Kenneth as the messenger in question wasn’t Leonard. Plus, he was loyal to her father and was only doing her a favor as a result of that loyalty.
Even the message she’d sent had been cryptic enough not to reveal its true recipient, before news got back to her father about her correspondence. She knew Lord Rockgonie would have understood in an instant that the message was for Kenneth and not him when he heard it.
She also hoped to be receiving a message from Kenneth as soon as he arrived at the manor and got her message.
She sat in her room wondering what else to do. Elsa had gone downstairs moments earlier to get her breakfast. She decided to get out of the remainder of her disguise while she waited for her lady’s maid to return.
Her mind began drifting to Kenneth and how he was taking this second rejection in parliament. If Leonard hadn’t vanished, she would have been kept abreast of the situation through his letters and known how to comfort him.
How unfortunate that he’s had to deal with this alone since yesterday.
The thought alone made her sick to her stomach. She was ready to elope with him this minute if he walked into her room now, as she didn’t know how much more of this separation she could take.
She missed him dearly. She missed his touch, the way her skin instantly came alive once his hands brushed against her. She missed his kiss, the way her insides turned to mush every time his lips tantalized hers. She missed his scent, the way desire welled up in her whenever she smelled him. And she missed him, the way excitement welled up in her whenever she saw him.
Every fiber in her being wished he was beside her so she could reach out and soothe him. It was weird that she thought she could feel his pain all the way from here.
My Love! Come speedily to me so I can cradle your grieving head in my bosom.
If communicating through thoughts was possible, she would have sent him a thousand thoughts by now. And in missing Kenneth’s letters, she’d also begun to miss Leonard.
Dear Lord, wherever he is, please keep him safe.
She pined at the distance, yearned for Kenneth’s presence and touch, and bemoaned her inability to be there for the one she loved when he needed her the most.
Soon! And nothing will be able to separate us.
She couldn’t wait for such a time where she was no longer going to be starved of his presence and touch. She couldn’t wait for a time where the only distance between them she’d have to worry about was walking from her bedroom to his.
She yearned for a time when the only sneaking they would have to do, was around their children so they could get to spend some time by themselves. She yearned for a time when she would both wake up and go to bed, beside him.
Elsa returned with her breakfast and she settled down to eat. Her mind was in turmoil, even as she absent-mindedly wolfed down her meal.
What really happened to the bill? Why did it fail? Or did the other Lords take the same stance with my father of liking the bill but choosing to vote against it?
Speaking of her father’s stance, she was definitely going to challenge it again.
Why did he admire the merits of the bill and choose to vote against it?
She’d asked him the same question when he’d first told her of his intention not to support the bill.
He hadn’t given her a satisfactory answer then.
But he will now.
She finished her meal and was on her feet as soon as Elsa began clearing up after her.
“Do you know where the Earl is?” she asked Elsa.
“He is in his study, My Lady,” Elsa responded as she continued with her task.
They both exited the room together, she on her way to find her father and Elsa on her way to drop the dirty dishes off. They both passed through the dining section on their way to their different destinations.
She saw her mother too late. Else she would have turned and gone back to her room to wait for Lady Somerholm to leave the dining area. To worsen matters, Adam was also at the table with her mother.
