Before his friend could say a word, Tom asked urgently, “Can I have her?” “No.” “I have to have her, let me have her—” “No.” Tom turned businesslike. “You want her for yourself. Perfectly understandable. We’ll negotiate.” “You just overheard me refusing to marry her,” West pointed out irritably. Which Tom hadn’t believed for a moment. How could West, or any man with working parts, not want her with this all-consuming intensity? “Obviously a strategy to reel her in later,” he said. “But I’ll give you a quarter of a railway company for her. Also shares in an excavation company. I’ll throw in
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