A Place Called Home (2014)
“Piers rose swiftly from a chair by the empty grate. ‘I had to see you again. My last visit didn’t go as I had planned.’ ‘I thought we’d decided that there was no future for us, Piers.’ ‘I still have feelings for you. I’ve tried to overcome them, but it seems that you have me bewitched.’ ‘That’s nonsense. You wanted a rich wife and I’m poor. It’s as simple as that.’ ‘Nothing is ever that straightforward when it comes to human emotions. I can’t get you out of my mind, although heaven knows I’ve t...ried.’ ‘You just want what you can’t have.’ ‘That’s unkind, Lucy. Mightn’t we put all this behind us and begin again?’ ‘Are you proposing marriage, or had you something else in mind?’ His shocked expression seemed genuine and for a moment he seemed lost for words, but he recovered quickly. ‘That’s an outrageous suggestion and one that doesn’t merit an answer.’ ‘But I’m still virtually penniless and the circumstances of my birth haven’t changed.’ ‘That doesn’t matter.MoreLess
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