Regency Pleasures and Sins Part 1

The vein at Charleton’s temple pulsed faster. “I hardly see how my personal affairs are any concern of yours, Lord Beaulieu. So if you would leave my house—”

“Just one more thing, my lord, and I’ll go.” Beau braced himself to pose the crucial query. “Lord Charleton, are you sure the woman buried at Mernton Manner is in fact your wife Emily?”

Surprise that could not be feigned swept over the viscount’s features. “What are you suggesting?”

Beau held up the miniature James had obtained. “Is this a portrait of your late wife?”

Charleton glanced at it quickly. “And if it is?”

“Then I must inform you, Lord Charleton, that your wife is very much alive.”

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