Chapter 107: Damn the Consequences

The moment she said it, Jordan Sowden's face flushed scarlet. He was no shrinking violet and no naïve boy, but Elina Sowden was his sister. She was the woman he cherished most, the one closest to his heart, yet he had never once let his thoughts stray toward anything romantic. For his sister to say such a thing, so blatantly crossing a line, rattled him. He told himself she was only speaking like this because her illness had worsened. Without that, he would never have believed such words could...