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“But you don’t even know each other,” Brian said

Josh was being no help at all Worse still, he see himself

“Apparently this is the in thing for celebrities You choose a woman at random and propose”

“But you’re not thekind,” Jaht you’d co a spinster”

Anger fought with humiliation as Caroline watched the men’s faces

“It’s a bit confusing, lass” Archie leaned forward and gently patted her hand “We assumed you weren’t interested in all that stuff”

“All what stuff?” Caroline hoped they would note her icy tone

They didn’t “You know,” Brian said “Husband, kids, S-E-X”

Her jaw dropped “You do know I can spell, right?”

Brian at least had the good grace to look embarrassed

Caroline wished she had the power to turn invisible at will Instead she had to sit there pretending she wasn’t hu to marry that she was an asexual spinster She had absolutely no doubt that Josh was rethinking his decision to wed her She only hoped she’d get the castle restored before he found another woman to take her place

“You’ve got this all wrong” There was a smile in Josh’s voice

Here it cohter and made sure her face was carefully blank Suddenly, she felt a strong hand curl around hers Startled, she looked down to see Josh’s fingers linked with hers

“Caroline here has a very healthy interest in S-E-X” Josh winked at her “Seems like we knoo different people”

Caroline blinked hard Was he defending her? Josh squeezed her hand She tried to pull it away He held tight It was on the tip of her tongue to point out that she could look after herself When she turned to tell him so, the soft look in his eyes made the words stick in her throat