When Love Finds You by Virginia Wise

Author:Virginia Wise
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2019-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Marry me? Why in heavens had he asked that? What kind of fool of a man proposes to a woman he barely knows when his sister had warned him to stay away?

A fool of a man who knows it is the right thing to do, that’s who. Eli stared into Catrina’s blue eyes. They were wide and deep as water. He knew that she was the one. He could sense it in his bones. He could see it in the way she looked at him. He felt it in the connection they shared when she said he was not like other men. He had done the right thing—the only thing he could do. Dash it all, he would let the consequences rest with der Herr. Eli had found the woman of his dreams—beyond his dreams really, for he had never dared to dream that a woman like Catrina Witmer could be his. And he would not let her go.

She gazed up at him. Her cheeks had flushed a bright pink and her chest rose and fell in a quick rhythm. The moment felt as if it would drag into eternity. He needed an answer!

But what if she said yes? Eli felt his Adam’s apple bob in his throat. His mouth felt dry as sandpaper. What had he done? Had he broken his promise to Gertrud? No. No, he had not. He had promised not to pursue Catrina and he had not. She had pursued him. She had declared her love for him first.

And if Gertrud thought he had promised to deny Catrina after she declared her love, well, that was going too far. No man in heaven or earth could stop himself from proposing to Catrina in a situation like this. She loved him, for goodness’ sakes! She loved him!

Peace settled into Eli’s heart. He had kept his promise to his sister. He could not help the fact that Catrina loved him and that she told him so boldly. The circumstances had gone beyond the scope of any promise. They had nearly gone beyond the scope of reality!

And yet . . .

Catrina opened her mouth to speak. Her breath caught in her throat as tears rose into her eyes. Eli’s chest constricted. What had he done? “Catrina, I am so sorry. I didn’t mean—”

Catrina shook her head, raised her finger, and pressed it to his lips. “Eli, you silly, wonderful man. I am not crying because I am upset. I am crying because I am happy. Don’t you know anything about women?”

Eli shook his head in a quick, nervous motion. “No.” He most certainly did not.

Catrina smiled. She dabbed her eyes with her sleeve. “Yes. Of course.”

“Yes, you will marry me?”

Catrina laughed. “What else could I mean?”

“We’ve only known each other for a few weeks.”

“Are you trying to convince me to say no?”

“No!” Eli cleared his throat and shifted his weight from one foot to another. “I just . . . Will your grandparents mind?”

“They have waited a long time for a man like you to find me.

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