" Keir's attention, however, was fixed not on Kingston, but on the frozen figure by the doorway. "Who's that?" he demanded.
Merritt followed his gaze to Phoebe, whose face was carefully blank. What a shock it must be for her, to be confronted with a man who looked so eerily similar- almost identical- to her father as a young man. "Dear," she said apologetically to Phoebe, "about that story I was telling you... there was a part I hadn't yet reached."
Her friend replied slowly, staring at the duke. "I think perhaps my father should explain it to me."
"I will," Kingston said, giving his daughter a reassuring smile. "Come with me." He ushered her from the room, saying, "We'll leave Merritt with her fiancé."
"What?" came Phoebe's bewildered voice, just before he closed the door. "

― Lisa Kleypas , Devil in Disguise (The Ravenels, #7)