Wyvernfriend Reads

Lord Ashurst grew up in India and this is where his heart lies.  Now he has to take on the role of Lord of the manor and keep himself and the heir of an Indian throne alive.  His estate is crumbling and he needs a wife, preferably a wealthy wife.  When Rosa Ingram asks him to spare her sister, who has a man who loves her, and take her on.  He's put out by her directness and he refuses, his ego is getting so far in the way he can't see the logic of the situation or get over his asshattery to see that he's attracted to her and she to him and that maybe, just maybe they could make a reasonable go of it.

And then he gets his own money and he gets even more patronising about it and the relationship and honestly I kinda wanted her to kick him where it would hurt and tell him to feck off, or even to negotiate a better situation for herself, but no, she folds like a cheap suit and it all becomes cliched.

I almost want an alternative story where she tells him where to go and finds a man who appreciates her more.