I can’t.” Lily tugged off her mother’s ring and handed it back to him, but he didn’t take it. Instead, he came to his feet and placed his hands in his pants pockets. “Why? Why not?” “I don’t want your pity.” “I don’t want to marry you out of pity, Lil. Surely you know me well enough to know that.” “No, I don’t. I…I’m soiled goods.” A spark of pain flashed in his eyes and Lily hated herself for hurting him. This man who had been so kind and generous to her. So easy to talk to. Always there. Always protecting her. And look how she treated him in return. He shook his head, his gaze never wavering from hers. “Not to me, you’re not. You’re beautiful, kind, generous, hardworking, and the only woman I’ve ever wanted to be with.” Was he a masochist? What man wanted to marry a woman like her?
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