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Emily got into the carriage, His Grace holding her hand. She still felt heavy from the food that she had just finished eating and her bladder seemed to want to burst from the juice.

His Grace let go of her hand and turned to the other side to enter while she adjusted herself. She pulled the tail of her very long gown into the carriage and closed the door gently as she sucked in air through her teeth.

Emily still felt uncomfortable going to church with the man she called her husband, wearing a mask that would scare little kids. She didn't want to but she had no other choice.

She had at first not wanted to go but then after hearing that her father was going to be at the gathering, she quickly changed her mind. At first she didn't believe His Grace when he said it but after he showed her the letter, she believed.

"My father would be there?" Emily scoffed after His Grace had told her that the Baron Dewhurst would be at the church for the gathering. "You think I am stupid? If my father wa