Cecily Wharton

Cecily Wharton, a character in The Duchess Affair book, is the Viscountess of Poling. She is first seen in Chapter 3.

Appearance
Cecily has long black hair tied into a bun, brown eyes, and tanned skin. Her daywear outfit consists of a floral light green dress with golden patterns, a white lace collar, and a golden necklace.

Personality
Cecily believes that marriage is nothing more than a political affair, and that hardly any love matches exist in the gentry. She prefers facing facts, and believes that love will leave you penniless.

The Duchess Affair

 * Chapter 3: Country Gossip
 * Chapter 6: A Bloom with a View
 * Chapter 8: In the Hunt
 * Chapter 9: London Calling (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: All That Glitters
 * Chapter 11: A Private Performance

Your Character
You two meet for the first time when you visit Mina's estate, and quickly become friends. Later during Mina's tea party, Cecily offers to distract the ladies and cover for you while you and Nat continue with your lessons. The same night, she also offers to tell you more about Mina in order to have ammunition the next time she comes for you. In Chapter 6, she helps you by introducing you to the other party guests and telling you how to impress them, and when Cecily says that she and Philip haven't seen each other in weeks and that she wishes she could sneak away with him, Nat offers to help by going with you to a nearby lake. If you do, Cecily and Philip get intimate, and with Cecily's approval, you can watch them.

Philip Smithwaite
Philip and Cecily are lovers. The two met at a party a few months ago, danced several reels together since her husband hates dancing, and Philip taught her how to waltz. The two see each other a lot privately, and according to Cecily, she and her husband are aware of each other's affairs, and that this was something they had agreed early in order to maintain a peaceful marriage.

Trivia

 * Her character model resembles Faye Devore from Mother of the Year.
 * She shares the same last name as Patrice Wharton from A Very Scandalous Proposal.