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Оглавление“You don’t have to be lonely, Rina,” James said. “If you need someone to listen, a shoulder to cry on, you can always come to me.”
She frowned, glancing back at him. “How can you make that promise to someone you barely know?”
She seemed sincerely confused, her honey-colored brows drawn down, her pert nose pulled up. He supposed it was a sweeping statement. But he’d made it, and he meant it, and he wasn’t sure why she was so determined to doubt him.
“That’s how friends behave,” he said.
“And you consider us friends?” she asked, frown deepening.
With her looking all soft and serious, friendship seemed the least of what he wanted. “I certainly hope we’re not enemies, ma’am.”
Still she watched him, as if waiting for something more. He felt himself slipping into those clear eyes. Then he was leaning closer, and she was leaning toward him. It was only natural for their lips to meet, brush.
He pulled her close, anchoring himself in her touch, wanting never to let go.
She pulled back and stared at him, eyes wide and lips parted.
Not only had he found a way to convince the schoolmarm to stay in the wilderness, but he’d managed to let her wedge her way into his heart.
