She hated that this stranger had brought her to the verge of tears. Especially after all the years of tempering her emotions and responses, to be a better business partner for her husband. Six-plus years of defending and protecting the decision she made to accept Mr. Watkins’ proposition, could be brought down with one reckless mistake on her part. Now that the solution to her problem is at hand, she had to think this through carefully. All it would take is one accusation of a******y to ruin her world. Mary-Michael had to be very, very careful. Or she could lose everything because of a handsome Englishman who had a very high opinion of himself. And she could not let that happen.
It was very likely that he’d never been refused when he set his sights on bedding a woman, and that confidence
