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Оглавление“So, you wish to remarry—”
“Yes.”
‘And for some reason you think I might do?’ Emma said.
Hunt winced. ‘I beg your pardon if I gave that impression. But, yes, you do…er…’
‘Fit your requirements?’
A long-forgotten burning sensation informed him that he had actually blushed. ‘Something like that.’
‘And along with your requirements are you also going to ask for references?’ Her chin was up.
Hunt looked at her. The brief hint of laughter was gone. In its place was…bitterness? No, not that. Resignation. As if she expected rejection.
‘If you will forgive the impertinence, Emma, I think your children are your references.’
She stared at him. ‘Oh.’
And that lovely soft mouth trembled into a smile that shook him to his very foundations. Was he insane? He wanted a wife who would not turn his life inside out. Now it would serve him right if he found himself fronting the altar with London’s most notorious widow! Only… Could she really have done anything truly scandalous? He was finding it harder and harder to believe…
