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Оглавление“Trust me—you’re better off without him.”
A curious mixture of simmering fury—not directed at her, but on her behalf—and compassion filled Jonas’s dark eyes. AnnaBeth gaped at him. She reminded herself to breathe.
No one had ever defended her supposedly injured honor so vigorously before.
She didn’t know what to say. And for once, surprising herself, she said nothing.
“Storm’s likely to last all night. We could be snowed in a few days.” A muscle jumped in his jaw.
He said he knew—as in understood firsthand?—that she was better off without her erstwhile groom. In the past, had something as equally humiliating and hurtful happened to him, too?
Jonas squared his broad shoulders. “Stay here as long as you like, AnnaBeth. You’ve found a refuge from the storm here with us.”
Her heart gave a funny quiver. Her eyes locked with his. She became lost in his melted-chocolate eyes.
