Chapter 79 - Seventy Nine

Chapter 79: Chapter Seventy Nine

The Grand Albion inn was quiet in the middle of the afternoon. Delia walked into the main dining hall, her steps confident, her expression carefully neutral. She saw him sitting at a table in the most secluded corner of the room, a glass of untouched wine before him. Duke Philip looked up as she approached.

"I thought you didn’t want to meet. I even thought you wouldn’t come." He said as soon as she sat down, his voice a smooth, silken challenge. He was testing her from the very first sentence. "What made you change your mind?"

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