A Soldier's Love: Mail Order Bride (Brides and Twins Book 1) by Dean Natalie & Hart Eveline

Author:Dean, Natalie & Hart, Eveline [Dean, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Kenzo Publishing
Published: 2017-07-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The sun was beginning to climb low in the western sky, and Jimmy and Victoria had just made their way back to the barn when John’s large frame threw a shadow in the doorway.

Victoria saw him first, and she suppressed a shudder when his narrowed, suspicious dark eyes met hers. He glared at her for a moment before turning to Jimmy.

“Boss,” he said. Jimmy nearly jumped at the voice and turned.

“Mr. Miles is here to see you.”

Jimmy’s ever-present smile vanished to be replaced by a look mixed with suspicion and confusion.

“Did he say what he wanted to speak to me about?”

John shrugged.

“He never tells me anything,” John said. “It was the same way when I worked for him. Thinks he’s too good for me.”

Jimmy heaved a sigh as though he should have expected this answer from John.

“All right, John,” Jimmy said. “Tell him I’ll be right in.”

John stared at the two of them for a long moment before nodding.

“All right,” he said gruffly before turning and making his way back to the little house on the top of the hill.

As soon as he did, Jimmy turned back to Victoria with another apologetic smile.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “Do you mind if I speak to Mr. Miles for a moment before we head out to Billy and Lizzie’s for dinner?”

“Of course not,” Victoria said. She hoped she did not sound too eager.

She’d heard a great deal about this Mr. Miles in Jimmy’s letters. Apparently, he was the largest landowner in the county. And, if all accounts were to be believed, a fascinating character. Like the greedy landlord villains she’d read about in penny novels back east.

“What do you think Mr. Miles wants to talk to you about?” Victoria asked as they made their way up to the little house.

“God only knows,” Jimmy said, she could see his furrowed brow as though the question troubled him.

“Whatever it is, it seems that he and John are not on good terms.”

“Mr. Miles was John’s last employer,” Jimmy said. “He was fired from Miles’ ranch, and no one really knows the reason why.”

“If I’m to be frank,” Victoria said. “It isn’t difficult to see why someone might fire John from any profession. There is something about him that is more than a little off-putting.”

“I told you he was odd,” Jimmy said with a shrug as they reached the house.

“It’s more than that,” Victoria said. “There’s something…I don’t know…dark about him.”

Jimmy let out an uneasy chuckle.

“That’s just the hair and the eyes,” Jimmy said. “You get used to them after a bit. I don’t think there’s anything darker than that.”

Victoria bit her lip, wondering if she should say something more. If she should give him a warning. Let him know how she could tell people’s intentions within minutes of meeting them.

For instance, the moment she’d met her sister-in-law Julia, she could tell she’d only married her brother for his inheritance. And, from the first time she saw Jimmy’s picture in that booklet, she felt nothing but goodness from him.

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