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health and the status of their endeavors Beck inquired about the farm

and the village, while Cian asked about the job Beck was doing

Meg remained silent

She was going to have to deal with Beck eventually Meg didn’t

understand him at all Beck had left her behind, but then he wrote her

every day She had broken down and read one of his letters It had

been full of hi he missed her and wanted to make up for his

treatifts for

her He promised her a life of comfort

The trouble was she didn’t want that life She was enjoying the

one she had found She felt a great sense of belonging and

accoes she had made to

the cottage She was bonding with the villagers and rapidly beco

important to them Cian seemed to need her, as well

She had no intention of allowing Beck to hire a woman to do her