Chapter 27 You told him to lie to me?

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"Darling, Alexander is here to see you. "

I groaned as I held my book up to my face trying to hide from my mother.

"Dear I know you heard me, Now get up and be prepared. He would like to take you for a walk around the garden. " she said as she plucked the book out of my hand and shut it.

"Mother tell him I am sick. I am very Ill and won't be available for the next decade." I explained to her as she rolled her eyes and grabbed my hand.

Pulling me up from the couch.

She chuckled.

"No darling, you can't just keep rejecting suitors. You aren't getting young. Your father will like you to get to know him.looking at him, I can tell he is a nice man." She said with a hint of smile.

I felt my stomach churn at the thought of kissing such a fool.

"Isabella,stop. He is a qualified man. He had been chasing you and you kept rejecting him. Isn't that enough sign to tell you how much he adores you?" She asked as I almost fell onto the floor and screamed.