Bride at Briar's Ridge. Margaret Way

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СКАЧАТЬ see,’ she said quietly. ‘It sounds like Cheryl is the wrong kind of woman?’ The raven loop of hair had fallen forward on his tanned forehead again. She saw it annoyed him, but she thought it very dashing.

      ‘It sounds like your womanly instincts are far too acute,’ he drawled. ‘Are you going to dance with me?’

      She shook her head and walked on. Guests were spread out across the magnificent grounds, all laughing and talking, thoroughly enjoying their beautiful surroundings and the magic of the day. ‘No.’

      ‘Isn’t that a bit harsh?’

      ‘Maybe,’ she said calmly. ‘But I have serious reservations about becoming too friendly with you, Carl Mastermann.’

      That didn’t surprise him. He had concerns himself. ‘Well, at least you don’t fool around. You get right to the point. Is it because I have a dark side?’

      Now she did smile at him. The first real smile he had received. It was so beautiful it took his breath away. ‘Because you also have a light side,’ she said. ‘Maybe it’s even brilliant on occasions. You’re a mixture of both.’

      ‘And this makes it impossible for us to be friends?’

      ‘Is that what this is? Friendship that is passing between us?’ she asked with a gentle air of melancholy.

      ‘Maybe not.’ Both of them seemed caught in a whirlpool. ‘But if I’m a mix, so are you.’

      ‘No, no!’ She shook her blond hair so the heavier side fell forward to hide her profile. ‘I have always been a very happy person, much cared for by a loving family.’

      ‘Only someone came along to change all that?’

      It was a troubling challenge. He saw too much. ‘Let’s drop it, shall we?’

      ‘Certainly,’ he assented, ‘as it clearly bothers you. Just one condition. You break your newly established set of rules and dance with me. It need only be one time.’

      In an instant he knew she was going to consent.

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