"Ye should only marry for love.""Don't be foolish. How many loving marriages have you seen?" "Tae be truthful, none. But I do believe love is out there someplace." He lifted her chin. "Well, maybe we'll find it. Stranger things have happened." He traced her soft skin with his thumb. "Yer joking me?" "No, Kristen. I'm serious. This is to be a business arrangement. It will get you off the streets and hopefully into a better life." "I don't know." She shook her head again. This whole thing seemed like a wildly spinning dream. " 'Tis tae fast. I need tae think." "What is there to think about?" Her cheeks flushed with her stubborn refusal, Trevor pressed on. "You should think of your brother, if no one else. What will happen to him if he stays on the street? He doesn't have that hardness about him now, but he will." Trevor looked her straight in the eyes, sensing the advantage. "Do you want him begging and stealing for the rest of his life? And what will happen to you?
