He did seem to hope that Christian would marry the woman, though. At first, Christian thought that might be what he wanted himself as well. But the more time he spent with the Hunter, the more he realized she wasn’t quite what he was looking for in a spouse. Even as women went, she wasn’t intelligent. She was somehow even more emotional than most women he knew, which was saying something, and she often wanted to chat after he finished. She wanted him to wrap his arms around her and listen to her prattle on about her hopes and dreams. It was all a bit too much.
No, Christian wanted a strong, intelligent, independent woman. Someone who would do exactly as he said but also hold her own with the rest of the world. Someone sort of like his mother, except for less rebellious when it came to fol
