THE FARMER TAKES A WAIF...
When Gael bought Aramie, he presumed they would live together as friends, and that would be that. But he soon discovered that the dispirited girl who plodded behind her uncle's wagon was actually a captivating young woman, and as she almost literally blossomed before his eyes, he found it more and more difficult to think of her as someone he couldn't be interested in. And he couldn't be interested in her. He hadn't rescued her from her uncle only to ruin her life, himself. He'd bought her to save her, and save her he would -- no matter what it entailed.