" I really am leaving for France.”
“Then, Eleanora, you really are a fool. Your duke will tidy up his accounts at the bank whether you move to France or not, but what happens after that depends on you. You’ve spent your life looking for schemes before the schemers could take advantage, but that man’s only aim is to cherish you.”
He’s not my duke. He will never be my duke. “Hush, you.”
Jack tossed Wodin another bite of bacon. “I’ve said my piece. I can take the dog to the duchess for you. "

― Grace Burrowes , Forever and a Duke (Rogues to Riches, #3)