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Оглавление“You’ve changed your mind about marrying me,”
Jake said quietly.
Josie’s initial answer was a small shrug and an even smaller nod. “Uh-huh. I mean, yes. That is, you do still need a wife in order to keep your land, don’t you?”
“Yes, I do.”
Her hand fluttered to her throat. “Thank God.” The flush climbing up Josie’s neck looked red-hot. “I didn’t mean that the way it sounded,” she whispered.
Jake studied the woman who had just agreed to marry him. Her hair was. windblown, her face clean-scrubbed and youthful. He sensed she wasn’t a woman who was accustomed to asking for help. He knew the feeling. Yearning washed over him. Since he knew better than to allow himself to be distracted by romantic notions, he concentrated on the way he was responding physically, and pretended he didn’t notice the inkling of hope that seemed to have found its way into his chest....
