She Called the Cold Duke “An Insufferable Bore” — What Happened Next Stunned London

Chapter 2

For three seconds neither of them moved, and in those three seconds Nora learned how many different kinds of silence a room can hold.

“Adrian.”

“Don’t.” The word came out of him low and unhurried, which was worse than shouting. He bent, picked up the glass, set it on the counter, and did everything with the exact care of a man who was keeping his hands busy so they wouldn’t do something else. “How long.”

“Five days.”

“Five.” He laughed — a short, terrible sound, nothing in it. “Five days in my house.”