They first officially met during the masquerade, but he'd been in love with her since he saw her in her white shirt and breeches, sitting with one knee up and a hand lazily rested on it. *** He found himself cursing the day he first saw her in her unladylike clothes and behaviour, in the gardens she so loved. *** She didn't know when the late night 'I-love-you's became bitter 'leave-me-alone's.