A Bride for Elijah by Christine Sterling

Author:Christine Sterling [Sterling, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-17T06:00:00+00:00

Eli told himself he should stop staring at Autumn. But he couldn’t help it. She was so beautiful, and his attraction was growing stronger with every day they spent together. Even today, as she was putting the laundry up to dry, she looked radiant. The sun shone on her head, highlighting her lush red hair against her pale skin.

She was humming a simple tune to herself, something she did often when she was lost in her chores. She had such a beautiful voice. He wondered if she would sing for the church one day. He would love to hear her voice singing a spiritual hymn. He imagined the thought of her in the church, wearing a new dress with her hair in a beautiful braid, closing her eyes and losing herself in the song.

He groaned to himself, turning away. He shouldn’t be thinking about her like this. There was a part of him that didn’t care about consequences, and she should become his. He kept telling himself that it was his right as her husband to take what was his. She had invited him back to her hotel, so he wouldn’t have to sleep in the cold room at the back of the church. He knew in her innocence it was only so that he would have a nice sleep on an actual bed.

There was the rational part of him that told him it wasn’t right, and they needed to wait, and then there was the part of him that just wanted to reach out and grab her in an embrace and never let her go.

Even though they were married, they were still learning about each other. He learned the story of how her family died, but he didn’t know what made her run away from Philadelphia in the first place. He didn’t want to push her too hard, for fear that she was going to pull away from him. They were already at a good place with each other. Until he knew this, he didn’t feel it was right to be with her in an intimate way.

The age difference between also weighed heavily on his mind. She was only 19 years old. Even though she was an adult, it was almost like she was still a child. He was 33 years old. It was as if he had lived three more lifetimes than her. He tried to overlook it; but looking into her angelic face was hard to ignore that he shouldn’t want her like he did.

Maybe if he was more careful, he could control his feelings. Maybe if he actually took her out, instead of staring at her he could keep his attraction under control. He decided it was time to start courting his wife, and he knew just what to do.

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