Aimé looked up at him, opening his mouth to reply but he couldn't think of anything to say. If Lord Hurst had discovered him in Mercedes room it would have been more than obvious what had been going on between them and he would have thrown away his family’s chance for the English title they so desperately needed.
"I...I am sorry, Antoine. I wasn't thinking." He said after a moment. "I just wanted to be sure Mercedes...Monsieur Dupont was not too badly hurt. I did tell him he shouldn't have come, Antoine, I did. I told him he was jeopardizing our chance."