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“You are right. Not yet but as long as I am alive, this marriage will happen. Even if it is on my deathbed.”
“Jenny will not marry me,” he announced. “I asked personally and she refused.”
“Did you go down on one knee?” she asked.
He glared across the room at her. “No.”
“Then blame her refusal on it. It might even be why she became unwell before the ball ended. All that will change once I speak to her.”
Nicholas did not think his grandmother would be able to change Jenny’s mind. The girl was the most stubborn woman he’d ever known. His grandmother was right. In a way, they were quite alike.
“I need you to leave. Now.” Nicholas was determined to remove her if she did not leave.
She braced her cane on the carpet and stood. “Very well. I shall be waiting for you downstairs.”
He leaned back and allowed a relieved sigh to take him after her departure. This was only one battle against his grandmother and he augured many to come.
