Chapter 22

Eleanor’s mouth dropped open and she looked at him in utter shock. That was not the reaction he’d been hoping for.

“But you are betrothed!”

Ah. Of course. He should have realized that would bother her.

“A wife has been promised me, but no vows have been exchanged or consummated.”

“You would give up land and title to marry me?”

“You are the heir of MacDonald land and the man you wed will be the laird. I will lose nothing, and gain much.”

“You are passing over another because I am more beautiful than she.”

“I want to be wed to a woman who knows me and has chosen to be my wife.”

“What of the woman you were to wed? What will become of her.” Fann licked his lips. This was getting really tricky.

“Her father no longer has control of her lands, they were already given to me. I will see that the woman has her choice of husband, and that man will get the land. I am fairly certain she has someone in mind that her father has never even met. She will not be disappointed.”

“Are you saying that if