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Look what you made me do by Waiting_Patiently_for_the_end
Fandoms: Bridgerton Series - Julia Quinn, Bridgerton (TV), Bridgerton - Fandom, Outer Banks (TV)
15 Dec 2025
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She set the papers on the desk with precise, shaking hands, then brushed past Penelope as if she were nothing more than a stranger.
“Eloise, wait!” Penelope chased after her down the hall. “Please—please don’t leave like this!”But Eloise didn’t stop. She descended the stairs, blending into the glittering crowd of the ball without a backward glance.Penelope stood frozen for a moment—until panic spurred her into motion. She gathered her skirts and hurried after her, heart pounding.Instead of Eloise’s familiar figure, however, voices stopped her just inside the ballroom doors.
Male voices.
Laughing.
“…Featherington?” one of them snickered. “You mean the quiet one who clings to the walls? No man in his right mind would call that appealing.”
Penelope’s heart clenched—but then Colin Bridgerton’s voice answered, warm and light as always… only now edged with cruel amusement.
“Oh, come now,” he said. “Penelope is a dear friend, but a wife? Never. I could never think of her that way.”