me first before you get angry again,” he growled, silencing her. “He’s not loyal . When your back is turned, he wi ll seduce your best friend. Let any other man court you, but not Lucas.”
“Connor, Lucas loves me. He’s willing to change for me,” she said .
“No, Allana. He does not love you. I don’t believe he i s capable of love. H e’ s after one thing, and if he said he love s you, it was only to get it,” Connor said, trying to make a point.
“Were you not telling him earlier he needed to find love or he would end up call o us and immune ?” she asked in bewilderment.
“How much did you hear?”
She looked at him sheepishly, not answering the question.
Connor sighed in frustration. “It does n’t matter. What matters is, I may have said that, but truthfully I think Lucas is already past the point. I believe he’s already too call o used to understand what love truly is.”
“Connor, give him a chance,” she pleaded.
“No, not with my ba —not with my sister, I will not,” Connor spat out.
“What choice do you have? Father’s willing to give him a chance as well as Lilly. And right now he is my choice, so you had better find a way to accept him ,” she said angrily.
“Allana, you don’t know what he’s like — ”
“No, I do not, but I a m not going to let you tell me either. I prefer to give a person a chance before passing judgment ,” she said stubbornly. “Now, if you don’t mind, I need to change for supper,” she finished before he could say anything else. She opened the door, waiting for him to leave, slamming the door behind him when he was finally out in the hall.
Connor cursed . That was a waste of time.
A short while later, Connor found himself confronting his father and Lilly. He came to them hoping he might be able to persuade them to talk some sense into Allana .
“Connor, I’ve seen the way he looks at her. He cares for her deeply, and she is smitten with him as well. Until he gives me a reason to doubt his intentions, I will support his courtship of her,” Lord Tananguard said to Connor.
“But Father— ”
“No, this conversation is finished, ” Tananguard said, putting his foot down.
“Lilly?” Connor asked hopefully. Maybe she would support him.
“I’ m afraid I agree with your father, Connor. Give Lucas a chance. He seems to truly care for Allana,” Lilly replied apologetically.
“I know him too well to be able to do that,” Connor said irritably. What was wrong with everyone?
“Then trust Allana to make the right choice. She i s a smart girl, Connor. If something is not right, trust her to know it,” Lilly said wisely.
Connor sighed in frustration. How could he argue that?
Chapter 9
Allana strolled into the sitting room where Connor, her father, and Lilly were relaxing after their afternoon tea. Connor and her father occupied the two cozy chairs, while Lilly worked on some needlepoint in a chair at a small table near the window.
“I am going for a ride to Lord Hoffman’s,” Allana announced. Normally, she would have simply called out from the hall that she was going for a ride, not even bothering telling anyone where she was going. Today she wanted to annoy Connor. He’d been a nuisance since the day he returned home, shadowing her and Lucas everywhere they went, occupying as much of Lucas’s time as he could before she could force him to allow her to join. He would not leave them alone. He was always there. It was as though he were trying to keep them apart by hounding them with his presence. Of course, it was probably a good thing considering it forced Lucas to be a gentleman. But that was beside the point. It was simply condescending, showing how little he trusted her. Her father trusted her, wh y couldn’t Connor? Her father never required her to have a chaperone, but Connor insisted upon it and insisted on being
“Connor, Lucas loves me. He’s willing to change for me,” she said .
“No, Allana. He does not love you. I don’t believe he i s capable of love. H e’ s after one thing, and if he said he love s you, it was only to get it,” Connor said, trying to make a point.
“Were you not telling him earlier he needed to find love or he would end up call o us and immune ?” she asked in bewilderment.
“How much did you hear?”
She looked at him sheepishly, not answering the question.
Connor sighed in frustration. “It does n’t matter. What matters is, I may have said that, but truthfully I think Lucas is already past the point. I believe he’s already too call o used to understand what love truly is.”
“Connor, give him a chance,” she pleaded.
“No, not with my ba —not with my sister, I will not,” Connor spat out.
“What choice do you have? Father’s willing to give him a chance as well as Lilly. And right now he is my choice, so you had better find a way to accept him ,” she said angrily.
“Allana, you don’t know what he’s like — ”
“No, I do not, but I a m not going to let you tell me either. I prefer to give a person a chance before passing judgment ,” she said stubbornly. “Now, if you don’t mind, I need to change for supper,” she finished before he could say anything else. She opened the door, waiting for him to leave, slamming the door behind him when he was finally out in the hall.
Connor cursed . That was a waste of time.
A short while later, Connor found himself confronting his father and Lilly. He came to them hoping he might be able to persuade them to talk some sense into Allana .
“Connor, I’ve seen the way he looks at her. He cares for her deeply, and she is smitten with him as well. Until he gives me a reason to doubt his intentions, I will support his courtship of her,” Lord Tananguard said to Connor.
“But Father— ”
“No, this conversation is finished, ” Tananguard said, putting his foot down.
“Lilly?” Connor asked hopefully. Maybe she would support him.
“I’ m afraid I agree with your father, Connor. Give Lucas a chance. He seems to truly care for Allana,” Lilly replied apologetically.
“I know him too well to be able to do that,” Connor said irritably. What was wrong with everyone?
“Then trust Allana to make the right choice. She i s a smart girl, Connor. If something is not right, trust her to know it,” Lilly said wisely.
Connor sighed in frustration. How could he argue that?
Chapter 9
Allana strolled into the sitting room where Connor, her father, and Lilly were relaxing after their afternoon tea. Connor and her father occupied the two cozy chairs, while Lilly worked on some needlepoint in a chair at a small table near the window.
“I am going for a ride to Lord Hoffman’s,” Allana announced. Normally, she would have simply called out from the hall that she was going for a ride, not even bothering telling anyone where she was going. Today she wanted to annoy Connor. He’d been a nuisance since the day he returned home, shadowing her and Lucas everywhere they went, occupying as much of Lucas’s time as he could before she could force him to allow her to join. He would not leave them alone. He was always there. It was as though he were trying to keep them apart by hounding them with his presence. Of course, it was probably a good thing considering it forced Lucas to be a gentleman. But that was beside the point. It was simply condescending, showing how little he trusted her. Her father trusted her, wh y couldn’t Connor? Her father never required her to have a chaperone, but Connor insisted upon it and insisted on being
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