Eileen Wilks – Jacob's Proposal (страница 8)

“Sometimes cousins are too close.”

Jacob’s mouth crooked up. “Who’s being cynical now?”

“Cynicism is one legacy from our father we don’t have to wait to claim.”

Memories of Randolph West always conjured mixed feelings. “True. I still hope to avoid part of his legacy, however.”

Michael grimaced. “Yeah. Which is why I wasn’t surprised you picked Maggie. You aren’t as resistant to the married state as Luke and me, and Maggie is pretty much the type you would settle on. She’s not the sort to tie a man into knots. Claire McGuire, though, surprises the hell out of me.”

“You don’t think I’m as susceptible to beauty as the next man?”

“Her looks are more complication than explanation. Why her, Jacob?”

Why, indeed?

She was kind. He hadn’t expected that. It was the sort of kindness that rose naturally from a warm heart, brimming over onto those around her, charming without the intention to charm. Cosmo had been won over within moments of meeting her, not because she was beautiful—that could have caused all sorts of problems—but because she simply, sincerely, liked him. Accepted him, tattoos, prison record and all.

She liked and enjoyed Ada, too. What was more, Ada liked her, and Ada was a harder nut to crack than Cosmo. And she smiled at Jacob’s jokes. That could have been courtesy or tact, but most people didn’t even know when he was joking. She did.

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