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An Uncommon Betrothal: Chapter Nineteen
Harry has a pint with a fellow valet, and talks about love.
Alexos Fox is of course quite sad when the long-time butler of his household, the man who all but raised him, retires. He is not at all prepared for the old man’s replacement: his exceedingly attractive and painfully tempting nephew, Harry Sutton.
Alexos, overcome with feelings that are simply too much to repress, tries his best to avoid him, but it seems that Mr Sutton has more than his employment on his mind as he attends his new employer with keen and concentrated focus.
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It was a pleasant evening, and Harry whiled it away down by the sprawl of the pier, sipping at his drink and enjoying the bustle and laughter of the men around him, listening to the clink of glasses, taking in the scent of beer and ale and all the rest. Whenever the door opened up and men filed in or out, he could smell sea salt from the air outside, smell vinegar and frying oil from…
