“I am afraid so for the moment, but thank you for being so kind to me, which you always are.”
“I want to be a great deal more than kind, but I do know it is something I cannot talk you into. You will have to come to me of your own freewill.”
“Maybe one day I will, Patrick, but for the moment I know it would not be right for either of us.”
“It would be right for me,” Patrick added quickly.
He lifted her onto the saddle of her horse and then he kissed her hand.
“I love you,” he breathed. “Whatever happens in Paris and whatever anyone will say to you, remember that I love you with all my heart and that is the most important thing I can offer you.”
As Latasha rode away, she felt somewhat guilty.
Equally she asked herself what else she could do?
She was very fond of Patrick – he was p
