"Good, I am glad," he said honestly. "I was awfully nervous when I went to ask yer pa for his blessing, and again when I asked ye. I didn't think ye'd say yes." He gave a sheepish smile toward her. And then he squeezed her hands. "Ye really did make me day a lot better when ye did say yes, ye know?" Love? Who needed that for marriage? Andrew paused and thought, I don't know her very well to love her. This was a practical arrangement. It helped that she was pretty even if she didn't see it, and he genuinely liked her company, but love was not part of the equation, it seemed. Andrew pushed that thought into the back of his head.