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Оглавление“Just how badly,” Trevor said, “do you wish me to stay?”
“I’ve told you how important Blackcliff is to the village, sir.”
“Indeed. The last lifeblood it seems. You’ve gone to great lengths to prove to me how well I’ll like it here. Are you setting me a mystery to sweeten the pie?”
A mystery? Gwen had been right—some part of him relished this challenge with the statue.
“I have no part in this, Trevor. Or do you think I’m the one moving the statue?”
“The idea had crossed my mind.”
For some reason, the accusation hurt. “Do you truly think me so devious?”
“Not devious,” he replied. “But determined. You admit you’d do anything to make me stay,” he said.
“I admit I wanted you to stay,” Gwen replied, “but this presumptuous attitude is not endearing you to me, sir.”
“Forgive me, Gwen. I should know there’s no guile in you. You have been nothing but kindness itself to me since the day I arrived.”
Well, that was better. She could only hope that he truly had decided she was innocent. And that maybe, maybe, this puzzle would give him a reason to stay for a while longer.
