"For Oakridge Manor," Delaney explained proudly. "The Crown has officially returned my father's country estate to me. It is proper for a lady to marry from her own family home. We will travel there together. We will prepare the house, for the Duke to call on me, we will receive Mama's trousseau, and I will get ready for my wedding."
Aunt Renee beamed with complete joy. "That sounds absolutely perfect."
Simmons bowed and showed Renee the way out of the drawing room.
Once her aunt was safely settled, Delaney walked out of the drawing room. She felt lighter than she had in her entire life. She wanted to see Rowan. She wanted to tell him how perfectly the meeting had gone.
Delaney walked down the long, carpeted hallway toward the back of the house. She went directly to Rowan's private study.
She stood before the door and knocked three times.
"Come in," Rowan's deep, smooth voice called out from the other side.
