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arms, even though several
     packages already dangled there.
    As if Miss Cooper was a servant, rather than a companion. He felt affronted on her
     behalf, guilty that her predicament was partly his fault, then filled with renewed
     determination to make things better for her. His own sister would never treat a companion
     that way—
    And that was the perfect solution, he realized. Miss Cooper would not accept money
     or an open-ended offer of help, but perhaps she would accept a new position, a gentle
     one where she would enjoy his sister’s companionship—and he could make sure Miss Cooper
     wasn’t worked too hard.
    He watched as she deposited the parcels in a carriage with the help of the coachman,
     then rushed to catch up to her young charge, who was entering a milliner’s shop.
    Adam made sure he was right in Miss Cooper’s line of sight before she entered. He
     rested his shoulder against the brick wall, arms crossed over his chest, and grinned.
     She pulled up short upon seeing him, eyes wide and distressed, and he tipped his hat
     to her.
    Pressing her lips together, she focused on the doorway as if she meant to go through,
     then whirled toward him. She passed by without speaking, stopped near the street as
     if looking for someone, and spoke quietly over her shoulder.
    “What are you doing here, Your Grace, following me?”
    When he straightened, she immediately said, “Do not dare to act as if we’re speaking!”
    He went back to lounging against the wall. “Very well, but I do assure you, Miss Cooper,
     that I did not follow you. Your appearance was simply fortuitous.”
    He nodded at two women who strolled by and blushed upon seeing him.
    “If you’re not following me,” she continued softly, “then I suggest you turn around
     and leave.”
    “I cannot do that. We have unfinished business.”
    “We do not, sir. I want nothing to do with your halfhearted apologies and offers of
     assistance. As if I’d take money from you!” She inhaled a gasp and looked around as
     she realized her voice had risen.
    Adam understood her anger—hell, he was angry at himself. But he wouldn’t let that
     anger keep her from seeing what was best. “I promise I do not offer money, Miss Cooper,
     but a chance at a better life. I see how Miss Warburton treats you, like a lady’s
     maid.”
    She stiffened with each word, until he thought her shoulder blades would meet, her
     back was so straight.
    “My position is none of your business.”
    “Except that I can offer you better. Come work for me. My sister is in her first Season,
     and often feels lonely away from our country seat.” That was an exaggeration—his sister
     made friends everywhere she went. “There are servants aplenty to deal with her clothing
     and her hair.”
    Miss Cooper blushed, proof that she’d been assigned such chores.
    “I’m sure you believe you know what’s best for your sister,” Miss Cooper said impassively,
     “just as you seem to believe the same about me. I assure you that you’re wrong. Good
     day, Your Grace.”
    She marched into the milliner’s shop without another glance at him, and he almost
     followed her inside before catching himself. Such an error in judgment would not win
     her over.
    “Adam?”
    Upon hearing the call from behind him, he realized he’d almost forgotten his sister.
    W ith a cloth wrapped about the handle, Faith guided the iron and pressed it against
     the skirt of Adelia’s gown. She sucked in a breath at the sudden sting as she burned
     herself. Carefully, she set the iron back near the hearth instead of throwing it,
     like she wanted to.
    She wouldn’t have burned herself if not for the duke and his proposal. Who’d have
     thought she’d find another position alluring and forbidden all at the same time?
    But all day long, as Adelia prepared for a dinner party and had Faith changing her
     gown and gloves and slippers over and over again, Faith had thought of nothing other
     than the