Читать книгу Would-Be Wilderness Wife - Regina Scott - Страница 3

“I think I’ve made myself clear. I’m not planning on marrying. I have a calling, a vocation, and certainly one Seattle sorely needs. I intended to stay another day, but if you all can’t understand my position, then perhaps I should leave now.”

Drew met her gaze, and this time she had no doubt the emotion flickering in that expanse of blue-green was regret. She felt it, too, just as she felt herself leaning toward him, as if her body vied with her mind as to where she belonged.

Beth spoke before he did. “No, you can’t go, Miss Stanway. Not until Ma’s well.”

“Your mother is on the mend, Beth,” Catherine said. “There’s nothing more for me to do here.”

Catherine waited for Drew to argue. She wasn’t sure why she expected it. Some part of her believed him when he said he didn’t wish to wed, either. If he truly did intend to court her or marry her to one of his brothers, he ought to protest her leaving. And if he actually cared about her…

She shut that thought away. She didn’t want Drew to care about her.

Because that meant she’d have to care about him more than she already did.