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as she was at only five feet, three inches, she couldn’t see beyond the men just in front of her.
    She was thankful that the ordeal was finally over. But the relief she ought to be feeling wouldn’t come, because she still didn’t know who had bought her. And keeping her trepidation high was the thought that, good God, he could be just as ghastly as those other two. After all, the remark made to him, insinuating that women desired his company because they were lined up to get into his bed, could have been said in sarcasm, meaning just the opposite. Sarcasm of that sort would have drawn just as much laughter from this crowd.
    “You did good, dearie,” Lonny whispered to her as he escorted her out into the foyer. “Surprised me, it did, the price going that high.” He chuckled then, more to himself.“But these nabobs, they can afford it. Now, run along and fetch your things, and don’t dally. Come to my office, just over there”—he nodded to an open door at the end of the hall—“when you’re ready.” And he patted her backside to push her toward the stairs.
    Dally? When her paramount concern was finding out who had bought her? She practically flew up the stairs. And she had nothing really to gather, not having unpacked much from her small valise the day before. So she was back downstairs in less than ten minutes, closer to five.
    But one step from that open doorway she stopped short. Her desire to see who had paid such an exorbitant sum for her was abruptly superceded by her fear. It was a done deal. She had to honor it or deal with Lonny’s subtle threat, which she didn’t doubt for a minute had been life-threatening. But the unknown was paralyzing her. What if this man who had bought her wasn’t even fit to be called decent but was a cruel, vicious man just like that other lord had seemed to be? Or what if he was a grotesquely ugly man who couldn’t get women any other way than to purchase them like this?
    What would she do? Horribly, there was nothing she could do. She’d either hate him or like him—or feel nothing at all. Actually, she hoped to feel nothing. She certainly didn’t want to become attached to a man she could never marry, even if she was going to have to be intimate with him.

    “I’m sure you will find you’ve made an excellent purchase, m’lord,” Lonny was saying as he backed out the door of his office, then noticing Kelsey there, he pulled her into the room, adding, “Ah, and here she is now, so I’ll bid you a good evening.”
    Kelsey almost closed her eyes, still not ready to face her future. But the contrary, brave side of her, small portion that it was, refused to put it off another second. She looked at the people in the room. And because of that, she got to experience her relief immediately. Immense relief. She still didn’t know who had bought her, because there was not one man waiting in Lonny’s office, but three. Yet of those three, one was handsome, one was very handsome, and one was incredibly handsome.
    How could she have gotten this lucky? She couldn’t credit it. Something must be wrong. Yet for the life of her, she couldn’t tell what that might be. Even the least handsome of the three, who seemed to be the oldest, she felt she could deal well with. He was tall and lanky, with gentle brown eyes and an admiring smile. The word harmless came to mind when she gazed at him.
    The tallest of the three also appeared to be the youngest, no more than Kelsey’s age, though he had such broad shoulders and an expression that was clearly on the mature side, that he seemed much older. He was also too handsome by half, with raven-black hair and eyes the most beautiful shade of cobalt blue, just slightly tilted for an exotic slant. She hada feeling she could deal exceptionally well with him, and she was hoping, praying, that he was the one who’d bought her. Heavens, she could hardly take her eyes off him, he was so appealing to every one of her senses.
    But she did