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Charity tried to control herself, but her mind was running at full speed.
Оглавление“Master Trehearne—Rafe…I have a suggestion to make. I suggest you and I should marry.”
“No.” His lips snapped together like a trap. The line of his jaw was taut, and his golden eyes gleamed with hidden fire.
Charity hunched her shoulders. “’Tis only common sense, after all. A practical proposition, based on matters of mutual convenience.”
“I daresay.”
“Did you think otherwise by chance? I don’t love you. I’m a widow with two sons, not a foolish, romantic girl of fifteen! ’Tis simple. An unmarried woman is always at a great disadvantage in this world. I therefore want a husband.”
“If that’s all it is, you’ll soon find one easy enough.”
“But I happen to want you!”
