Today of all days, she couldn't afford to have the door of Gabe's lodgings shut in her face. Or for him to stand blocking the way to his room, either. "What do you mean, you want me to marry you immediately? Splen ...you can't come in here. I'm not ... I mean I'm not dressed. Splen ...No ... "

That he was dressed in a bed sheet was of absolutely no consequence to her. Not when she was going to have to confess her little faux pas with the earl. But once that was done and dusted ...