She felt a strange tingling sensation in her stomach as Miss Delaney spoke, and it unsettled her. The words were so warm, so inviting—and yet, by her own opinion, none of them were well-suited to come out of the woman's mouth. It must have been a trick.

Still, she'd already agreed. She couldn't back out without an explanation.

"When would this be?" she asked, a hint of uneasiness in her voice, although she did her best not to let it show on her face.

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