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“For years I’ve dreamed of having a family, but no man wanted me.”

Now Tristan knew Caroline’s motives. They were pure and painfully simple. She wanted to be a mother.

She paced up to him with her eyes blazing. “I’d do anything—even marry you—for the sake of two beautiful children. Does that confession satisfy you, Major Smith?”

A wry smile lifted his lips. “You’re a brave woman, Caroline.”

“I’m not brave at all,” she murmured.

“I think you are,” he answered. “I’d be pleased to marry you … for the sake of the children, of course.”

The moment called for a handshake. They were sealing a business deal. But Tristan couldn’t bring himself to offer merely his hand. Neither could he kiss her, not even as a token of friendship. Moving slowly, he touched her cheek. “You should call me Tristan.”