A Marriage Made in Texas (The Brothers Kincaid) by Gaddy Eve

Author:Gaddy, Eve [Gaddy, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

SOME WEDDING NIGHT, Jay thought, hours later. But after the day he’d had, what else had he expected? His bride lay sleeping in the bedroom. The cable reception for the condos was out, and the only thing he could pick up on the TV was an incredibly grainy, pitifully bad horror flick.

He didn’t even have a book to read, since he hadn’t imagined he’d do much reading on his honeymoon. All he’d found in the condo was a dog-eared copy of a paperback thriller he’d read several years before, and for some bizarre reason, a Farmer’s Almanac from the same time period.

The heroine of the horror flick screamed and dripped more blood. Jay picked up the paperback. It was looking better all the time.

At least he had champagne, even if he did have to drink it alone. He chose a fluted glass and toasted his invisible bride. Gail hadn’t even managed a glass of sparkling grape juice before she’d fallen asleep. Fallen asleep, hell. She’d crashed, dead to the world the instant she’d changed into her nightgown.

Did wanting to make love to his bride on their wedding night make him a terrible person? An insensitive bastard?

He’d dealt with the interrupted ceremony without much problem. Ignored Roxy’s behavior, which went from bad to worse, until finally, her mother had sent her to bed before the reception ended. He’d endured the speculation by those who didn’t know, as to exactly why Gail had run out on the wedding.

My God, he remembered, shuddering, he’d even listened with an appearance of interest to his mother-in-law and her friends go into exhaustive detail of all their physical ailments, most of which sounded like pure hypochondria to him.

He’d dealt with it all because he knew he’d be alone with Gail soon, and he’d assumed they would do what most people did on their wedding night. Make love.

Stupid assumption, obviously.

He picked up a cheese stick and bit into it, glad that Cat had sent along some of the food from the reception. He thought about getting out the chilled shrimp, but decided he’d save that for later. It looked like it was going to be a long night. A long, lonely night.

Brooding, he sipped champagne. He wasn’t a total jerk. He didn’t blame Gail. She was pregnant and exhausted and had fallen asleep. She hadn’t done it to frustrate him, he knew. Nevertheless, he was frustrated. Extremely.

He walked to the bedroom door and looked at her, curled up asleep on top of the covers. Her sheer white nightgown was very pretty, and very sexy. Unfortunately. Afraid he’d wake her if he put her under the covers, he picked up a light blanket and covered her with it. Better, though he could still see her face, and those luscious lips just made for kissing.

He thought about getting in bed with her and holding her while she slept, but the truth was, he wasn’t too sure of his control. They hadn’t made love since the previous weekend, and he had an idea if he held her next to him, all his good intentions would go out the window.

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