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Оглавление“You wanna spend time with me?”
His devastatingly handsome smile returned. “I’d like the opportunity. Why is it you seem so surprised by that?”
“Because…” Had a man ever taken the time to get to know her? What if Nathan found her lacking as other men had? The thought he might be disappointed in what he discovered had her faltering with her response.
“Alyssa…” he prodded gently.
She sighed deeply. “Because I’m not perfect.”
“And you think I am?” he replied with a husky chuckle. “Far from,” he admitted. “Just ask my brothers.”
“It’s not that simple,” she said.
“Nothing in life is simple,” he told her. “I’ve learned that the hard way. When my wife died, I forgot how to breathe. How to feel. I put on a brave face for my daughter, but inside I was filled with a never-ending numbness.” He glanced her way. “And then you came into our life. I can’t explain it, but when I’m around you I feel like I can breathe again.”
