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“Are you sure that’s what you want, Millie? Just to remain friends? We can still be friends and be married.”

He wished the carriage wasn’t so dark so he could see her expression better. “I thought things had deepened between us. Can you seriously deny you have feelings for me?”

He heard her soft sigh and felt her sit up straighter on the seat. “Levi, I’ll admit that something has changed between us, but it doesn’t matter. I still can’t marry you.” Was that a catch he heard in her voice? Or wishful thinking on his part?

“Can’t? Or won’t?” Levi was more shaken by her refusal than he cared to admit. He knew his voice held the anger he felt but he couldn’t help it. It was as if he were trying to draw a different response from her. To make her admit she cared. He sought to erect a wall of defense around his heart.

“I don’t have a choice, Levi.”

Why couldn’t she see that a marriage between them would be the best solution? It dawned on him it was the solution to his problem, not hers.