Her Father Forced Her to Marry a Widowed Man in the Mountains — But She Never Expected to Find a Place She Could Truly Call Home

back, embarrassed. “I was trying to help.”

“I know,” he said quietly.

She braced for criticism. Instead he added, “But you don’t have to carry everything alone.”

It was the first gentle thing he’d said to her.

And for the first time since the wedding, Ellie felt a small spark of hope.

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