Verity and the Forbidden Suitor (The DuBells #2)

by J.J. McAvoy

“He told her, ‘You, as you are, no more, no less, is all I have ever dreamed of.’

“I do not care what your status is. Whether you are titled or not, have estates and drawing rooms or not,” I whispered back. “I merely wish…I merely wish to be beside someone who makes me not search for the exits.”

“I am so very much in love with you.” The words spilled from my lips like the rain from the sky. “I do not know when or how but you have become my greatest joy. I have nothing to propose to you with, and I know I am not worthy, but even still, I wish more than anything for you to be my wife.”