A Bandit's Broken Heart by Michelle McLean

Author:Michelle McLean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bandit; historical romance; gold rush; cowboy; Civil War; Entangled Publishing; Scandalous; Entangled Scandalous; Michelle McLean, romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-07-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

When Richard saw Brynne walk into the clinic, her arms full of bags and parcels, his pulse quickened as it always did when he saw her. But anger and concern were quick on its heels. What was the aggravating woman doing? He had to get her out of there quickly.

He stormed toward her, but she simply thrust her bundles into his arms, gathered her skirts, and mounted the stairs. Dumbfounded, he followed along behind, holding his tongue until they were in his private quarters. Brynne went into the first room in the hallway, a guest room that he’d had rare occasion to use.

Richard dumped the parcels on the bed and rounded on her. “Are you mad, woman? What are you doing here? I told you to get Coraline to safety.”

“Coraline is on her way to the Forresters’ relatives in Maryland.” Her voice broke a little as she spoke and she cleared her throat before she continued.

“I’ve had scarlet fever. And you can’t take care of all the patients who will be coming in by yourself, so don’t argue with me. I’m staying and I’m helping.”

His worry lessened, but only marginally. He still didn’t want her anywhere near his clinic. “I don’t need you—”

“Sir.” Mrs. Birch stood in the doorway. “Three more have come in.”

Brynne nodded. “Quit your bellyachin’. You do need me.” She quickly dug through one of the parcels on her bed and extracted an apron. “Mrs. Birch,” she said as she put it on, “I’ve brought a few supplies that I had on hand. Some Epsom salts, ammonia, and all the barley we had in the house. If too many come, I feared you might not have supplies to feed them all and I know they won’t be able to stomach much more than barley water.”

Mrs. Birch nodded at her in approval and bustled past a flustered Richard to gather the supplies before turning to march downstairs.

Richard stood in the middle of the room, hands balled into fists by his side. Brynne looked at him with a mixture of what looked like amusement and pity. She came to him and took his hands in hers.

“My dear Richard. If you are going to court me properly there are a couple things you might want to know about me.”

She suddenly had his interest. “And what would that be?” he asked, pulling her a little closer.

“First of all, I’m not one to sit idly by when there is work to be done. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, I can be as stubborn as a mule with a knot in his tail when I want to be. It’s usually best to let me have my way. Saves time.” She smiled up at him and he forgot what his arguments against her staying were.

“Does that mean I have your permission to formally declare my intentions, Mrs. Forrester?” He pulled her even closer, close enough he could wrap his arms about her waist.

She hesitated for a moment before her arms tentatively slid their way up his.

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