"Is it?" He didn't begin to doubt her intentions. Oh, he didn't like it. But there were things people did that were out of their control. He may not have been thrilled with how she handled it, but what's done was done. For her anyway.

"Men like that don't just give up. If they want something, there ain't much that'll stop 'em."

Hell, he knew that. He'd been that kind of man in the past. In some ways, he still was.