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“We will not accept charity.”
Оглавление“I need a good cook, and it would give you a roof over your head. Please? You’ll be doing me a great favor.” Will waited until Emmeline finally nodded.
“All right. Hopefully, it will just be for a few days. I don’t know how to thank you, Mr. Logan.”
“You can begin by calling me Will,” he suggested.
“If I am to be in your employ, I should not be so familiar.”
Will could tell she had slipped into a subservient position and he didn’t like that. In a way Emmeline was behaving wisely. If she remained in High Plains, keeping her good name would be crucial to finding a husband and making a new life for herself.
That thought hit Will like a punch in the stomach. Most young women chose to marry and raise families.
It was the idea of Emmeline Carter as a bride that stuck in his craw.
