“And…” she encouraged him when he stopped before telling her what she wanted to know.
“And Carli won’t mind if you stay at the lodge.”
“With you.”
“With me?”
“Yes. Married people usually live together.”
“Lys—”
She put her finger to his lips. There would never be anyone else for her. It didn’t matter that she was only eighteen. She knew herself, and she knew Zach, better than what she believed. He loved her, and that was real. As angry as he was at her father, he controlled it. No, she was wrong. Not all men hit when things didn’t go their way. Zach was a much different caliber of man than her father. Even knowing what she had been through, he wanted her to be his wife, would consent to send her away to college because it was what she wanted. Her heart overflowed with the realization
