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Chapter 120

It was a shocking lie to tell, but fortunately she was wearing gloves. Babs Langley may have sat down slowly, slowly, but it was not how she shot to her feet. Her mouth glittered with a diamond's hardness.

"Perhaps he did. The thing is, Marietta left him high and dry. She never loved him. Not once in all the years they were together. Heavens, as for that bastard she palmed off as his? Well, that's his best-kept secret. Next to being forced to marry her to save the family fortune after his father ran off with some scullery maid. So you will pardon me for questioning, knowing as I do about all Marietta's indiscretions with footmen, with coachmen, with lady's maids, that he actually entered what he calls that dreaded state again."

Splendor's mind emptied as thoroughly as if it was a bucket of soapy water someone had kicked over. She shot to her feet. The scarlet lips opposite parted around the sweetest smile.