Oh, what did she know about relationships? She, the woman who’d never been kissed. She, the woman who worked alongside men in a profession that she’d never have if it weren’t for the protection and encouragement of her husband.
Mary-Michael inwardly cringed. She had no idea what men actually wanted, she just hoped that this one wanted her for at least two days. And for as much as she was attracted to him, and was starting to like him, she could not let herself hope for anything permanent with him. He lived in another country, and she would never leave Indian Point, much less America.
She lifted her gaze to the captain’s lips again as he drank his ale and had a fleeting thought of what it might be like to kiss those strong, full lips that smiled more than they didn’t. And as she’d never b
