When Jason was informed that Lord Thornton wanted to see him, a part of him wasn’t surprised. Truth be told, he had expected it ever since he heard the news that the wedding had been called off. And although it should have filled him with nothing but elation, there was a slight sense of dread which came as well.
“What could he possibly want to talk about?” he asked Jordon over breakfast, who merely shrugged and buttered his muffin as though Jason had spoken of nothing significant.
“Most likely to apologize for his harsh behavior,” he said. “Humiliation, oddly enough, does bring about humility to some degree.”
Jason was not convinced. Although he could hazard a guess as to why he had been summoned to Thornton house, he dared not dream that it would turn out to be true.
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