"Nonsense." Louisa replied firmly after another swift sip of her drink. She set it down temporarily to fix him with her gaze and shook her head slightly. The state of her life was absolutely a lost cause given the casualty rate of her past partners, but with Mr. Darrow only potentially one fiancée down, she still had the lead and wasn't about to let that go too easily. But even with her immediate reaction to his decision, Louisa's eyes widened slightly at his next confession.
Perhaps it was the drink but her mouth easily popped open in an expression of frank surprise. She hadn't had much of an interaction with the soon-to-be Mrs. Darrow — well, she certainly hoped it was soon-to-be and not the Late-Almost-Mrs.-Darrow — but she could have sworn there was quite an attachment between the two; certainly more than she could ever hope for at this point, and she had enjoyed watching them from afar knowing that at least there might have been a happy ending for someone.
To gloss over the fact that she'd been slightly taken aback at his comment, Louisa cleared her throat. "You don't mean to tell me you're planning on going elsewhere after this, are you?" She said, relying perhaps too much on the Armagnac to keep her tone light and teasing. "I thought you weren't the biggest fan of sailing and the Seven Seas, and all that exciting, albeit somewhat nauseating, adventure!"
Perhaps it was the drink but her mouth easily popped open in an expression of frank surprise. She hadn't had much of an interaction with the soon-to-be Mrs. Darrow — well, she certainly hoped it was soon-to-be and not the Late-Almost-Mrs.-Darrow — but she could have sworn there was quite an attachment between the two; certainly more than she could ever hope for at this point, and she had enjoyed watching them from afar knowing that at least there might have been a happy ending for someone.
To gloss over the fact that she'd been slightly taken aback at his comment, Louisa cleared her throat. "You don't mean to tell me you're planning on going elsewhere after this, are you?" She said, relying perhaps too much on the Armagnac to keep her tone light and teasing. "I thought you weren't the biggest fan of sailing and the Seven Seas, and all that exciting, albeit somewhat nauseating, adventure!"
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