Petty games (1)

"Duchess!" Eleanor called when she entered Alessandra's painting room. "Your greatest friend is here. Don't mind that I have given myself the title."

"I do not mind," Alessandra chuckled.

"Good because I wasn't going to change it. Thank you for helping me find her, Alfred. I'll make sure to keep a good watch over her," Eleanor said. She ignored the fact that Sally and Ivy were present. "Even in your home, the Duke has you heavily guarded. I get to witness the Duke taking overprotective to another level. It is needed because of how this town is."

"It's only just begun, but the feeling of constantly being watched is starting to get to me. I can only imagine how it will be when the town learns that I am pregnant. We are lucky that Edgar's servants are so loyal since it has not slipped out yet," Alessandra said.