![]() ![]() Kate says she understands, but privately, she is hurt by his declaration because she has already started falling in love with Anthony. ![]() ![]() Shortly before the wedding, Anthony tells Kate that while their marriage is based on respect, friendship, and mutual understanding, they will never be in love. Edwina is unsurprised by the news of their engagement, as she felt it was obvious how smitten Anthony was with Kate from the beginning. Featherington will gossip, and Kate will be ruined, they agree that Anthony and Kate will be married within a week. Featherington catch them together unchaperoned, in a compromising position. Anthony is terrified she will die like Edmund did, so he tries to suck the bee’s venom out of her chest. During their conversation, Kate is stung on her collarbone by a bee. ![]() Kate hoped for privacy to think about her developing relationship with Anthony and is surprised he seems to care for her. The next day, Anthony seeks Kate out and finds her in the garden. Anthony helps calm her, and when the storm is over, they return to their rooms separately. Anthony sees a candle lit in the library, and upon investigating, he finds Kate in her hiding place, in the middle of a panic attack. While she searches for a book, a thunderstorm rolls in and she becomes overwhelmed, hiding under a table. Kate goes to the library, hoping to find something to read that will calm her mind. That night, neither Kate nor Anthony can sleep because they cannot stop thinking about each other. Anthony and Kate join Colin and Edwina on the field, as well as Daphne, Anthony’s sister, and Simon, her husband, the Duke of Hastings. Anthony is tempted to kiss Kate again, but before he can make any moves, Colin finds them and announces a group of guests is getting ready to play Pall Mall. Kate thinks he means he regrets their kiss, and she feels hurt, though she does not show it. Anthony finds Kate in the gardens, and he apologizes for his behavior. When Maria leaves, Anthony confronts Kate, and during their argument, he kisses her.ĭays later, at the Bridgertons’ country home, Anthony watches guests arrive for a party his mother, Violet, is hosting. Kate overhears their conversation, and Anthony sees her hiding. The room turns out to be Anthony’s private study, and when Kate hears Anthony and Maria about to enter the room, she hides beneath the desk. When the musicale is over, several members of the ton are rude to Kate, and she ducks into another room to hide. Unbeknownst to her, Anthony had a sexual dream about Kate the night before the musicale, and he flirts with the singer to distract himself from his confused feelings. Kate watches Anthony flirt with a hired opera singer, and she feels jealous. Edwina catches a cold from her time in the water, and so Kate and Mary attend a musicale at the Bridgerton House without her. They give chase but cannot catch Newton before he sees Edwina in the park and jumps on her, knocking her backward into the lake. Mary suggests they take Newton for a walk, and as Kate and Anthony lead Newton through the park, Newton pulls free of Kate’s grip and runs away. Since she is not present, Anthony and Kate talk for a while before being joined by Mary, Kate’s stepmother and Edwina’s mother, and Newton, Kate’s corgi. The day after the ball, Anthony visits Kate’s house in the hopes of seeing Edwina. Colin introduces Kate and Anthony, and they immediately do not get along. Kate is nervous that the Viscount’s Rakish ways will not change, and he will be a bad husband for Edwina. He tells his brothers, Benedict and Colin, that he will pursue a courtship with Edwina Sheffield, since she is best available option for marriage. Meanwhile, Anthony decides it is time for him to settle down and start a family, even if he will not live long enough to raise his children himself. Since then, Edwina’s potential suitors try to win over Kate in the hopes that she will give them her permission. Edwina thinks highly of Kate’s opinion, declaring publicly that she cannot marry anyone her sister does not approve of first. Edwina is excited to make a match on the “Marriage Mart,” while Kate is convinced that she will grow old as a spinster. Kate has read about Anthony Bridgerton in recent issues of Lady Whistledown’s gossip sheet, and she is convinced the Viscount is an irredeemable Rake. In the present, Kate and Edwina Sheffield prepare for the first social events of the London season. ![]()
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