“It’s a second-chance coin, Mrs. White.” He pushes the paper for Nottingham Lace and Hose back at me across the tea table. “I should like to give you a second chance to reconsider your decision.”
I lift my palm with the coin atop it. “No need, sir. My mind is quite made up.”
He blows out a sigh, the kind that condemns me for being such a daft female, and rises to his feet, collecting all the papers save for the lace company. “Then I suppose I am finished here. I bid you good day, madam. And good luck.”
I rise as well, following him with his coin. “But your coin, sir.”
Pausing on the threshold, he turns to me. “Keep it. I have a feeling you may have need of it. I only wish I had a third and fourth chance coin to give you as well.”
He pivots, and I am left alone with a piece of cold metal in my hand and a knotted bundle of hope and fear in my belly.
Am I doing the right thing?
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12 Days at Bleakly Manor
Book 1
When Clara Chapman receives an intriguing invitation to spend Christmas at an English manor home, she is hesitant yet compelled to attend—for if she remains the duration of the twelve-day celebration, she is promised a sum of five hundred pounds. Imprisoned unjustly, Ben wants revenge on whoever stole his honor. Brought together under mysterious circumstances, Clara and Ben discover that what matters most is what Christmas is all about … love.
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