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“Luke, if I go out with you, people will get the wrong idea about us.”
Оглавление“And what idea is that?”
“They’ll think we’re a couple,” Jillian replied. “I know this seems odd, but I didn’t come here to find a husband.”
He appeared to be holding on to his frustration by a thread. “Let me get this straight. You saw the ad for Bachelor Gulch, so you moved here. But you aren’t looking for a husband.”
Glancing at all of the townsfolk who were watching their little interaction, Jillian considered walking away without saying another word. But how would it look to have the new girl in town stomp on his huge ego in front of more than a dozen residents?
In a voice meant for his ears alone, she said, “I’m really not in the market, Luke. But believe me, if I were, you’d be my first choice.” And with quiet assurance, she stood on tiptoe to whisper a kiss against his cheek, then turned and left him in the middle of the street, staring after her.
