It hadn’t exactly been his intention to play matchmaker, but, well – there were worse things one could do.

Malachi gave another smile at her correction, but said, “I’ll be praying that it goes well for you, all the same.”

Whether she was the one wooing or the one being wooed. Sometimes he forgot, distanced from the world of legal courtship as he was, that ladies were meant to sit idly and be wooed while the man was meant to put in the work.

“On that note, though,” he uncrossed his legs, moving to stand. “Sometimes it benefits to know that a man can appreciate being courted as well. Perhaps you can sweep this lawyer off his feet – metaphorically speaking.”

Yes… metaphorically speaking.