Chapter 185

• ‘What was it like, then? You tell me.’ Elizabeth was on a roll now and she wasn’t ready to back down. ‘You seduced me, Almeric. Oh, I admit, I didn’t put up much opposition. I was reckless, I know that. But don’t pretend it was some lasting affair and you were the innocent party.’
• Almeric scowled. ‘You do not know what you are talking about.’
• ‘Oh, I do.’ Elizabeth got to her feet again, gazing down at him with accusing eyes. ‘Don’t you remember what you said, Almeric? You promised you’d come back to England. You insisted it wasn’t just a one-night stand. But—hello—it’s been over three years, and until you brought me here I hadn’t heard a word from you.’