Chapter 79 – Evelyne POV
I do not believe I have wronged the heavens so terribly as to deserve this.
Truly.
I sip my tea slowly, ignoring the shameless, ungodly moaning echoing down the hallway from the Duke's chambers.
It has been hours.
It began with Lady Viola. Then came a polite knock from one of the chambermaids requesting Lady Miriam's presence. And shortly thereafter—less than an hour hence—Lady Clarissa was summoned as well.
And now?
The maid.
His favorite.
She might as well be an unofficial concubine.
Marquis Talbor, what in the gods' names have you given him? That it takes four women to sate the Duke's appetite… I pray that four shall be sufficient.
Because from what I've heard through two walls and a heavy velvet curtain, my husband is not resting.
I glance at the maid standing nearby, a moderately attractive girl with wide eyes and a wary posture as a potential addition to the activities.
