C83 Meeting With Lord Carlisle

He took her waving hand in his and held it tightly and held her gaze, then he did what he had never done before. He pulled her closer to himself, and kissed her cheek, startling her. "Friends."

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She woke up the next morning energized and ready for the day. She was spending it with Lord Carlisle.

Over dinner, the previous day, he had proposed they spend the day together