Lucky shook his head. “You cannot see it now through your anger, but I’m doing the right thing as the only male relative you have here, which makes me your temporary guardian.” He glanced over his shoulder at Ian and nodded.
Clenching her fists into tight balls, she wished Ian’s chest was before her so she could pummel him into the harbor. He could put a stop to this and chose not to. He left it all up to her to fight against the marriage. Sarah snapped her head toward the clerk. “Give me that worthless piece of paper, and let’s get this farce over with. I’m tired and would like to go to sleep.”
Sarah thought she saw a strange look, relief perhaps, compassion maybe, cross Ian’s brow. She didn’t understand it, because she knew he had no desire to wed her. She thought she was giving him wh
