Maggie couldn't help the slight twitch of her lips and the small smile that formed as he tried making a joke of it. It did make her a bit self conscious though, thinking that maybe she had gotten it all wrong. Maybe he really had been meaning it all was a joke. Joke or not, he did have good points to it all. Points that she had pondered on since that day. And now, well now it had been said and she couldn't back away from it.

"You made good points last time," she said, trying to remain as calm as she could even though she felt as though her heart would beat right out of her chest, "It could be simply a marriage of convenience. I get the inheritance and can start the bakery. The shop I want has apartments above it so we could live in London. In separate rooms, of course." She continued to watch him and though her face was still flushed, she was smiling at least slightly. She knew enough about him to know he lived with his father still so perhaps the thought of having his own home would help.