Adelaide_Bride of Maryland by Ciara Knight

Author:Ciara Knight [Knight, Ciara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Victorian Era, western, Fifth In Series, saga, Fifty-Books, Forty-Five Authors, short story, Maryland, arranged marriage, Total Stranger, Grooms Gazette, Newspaper Ad, Friends, Lost Loves, Protection, Heartbreak, Mistaken, Misunderstanding, Confused, Wrong Groom
Goodreads: 27424171
Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing
Published: 2015-11-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

John bathed out at the bunkhouse, dressed and combed his hair then headed to the main house for dinner, as he’d done every day for the last two weeks. The evening air invigorated him, and the thought of seeing Adelaide for the first time since breakfast made him feel like a child on his first hunt. His feet were light, and he whistled as he passed the framing they’d started on the addition to the house. It would be bigger, room for children, but not overdone like Salter's house. No, he wanted a warm home, healthy children, and a beautiful, loving wife. Adelaide didn’t disappoint there.

He passed by his men with a nod, ignoring their teasing. Everyone knew he went back to the bunkhouse each night, no matter how late it was. It didn’t matter that they were married, they’d only known each other for a short while. He wanted to give Adelaide time to adjust, despite his own needs and wants. And boy, did he want Adelaide.

“Enjoy your wife.” Charlie said.

“Hey, aren’t the walls supposed to be up by now on my house?” John retorted.

Charlie shrugged. “Can’t. Billy said to wait for him to return from Butte.”

John scratched his head. “Isn’t this his second trip this week to Butte?”

Charlie threw another log on the camp fire. “Yep.”

John shook his head, Billy never traveled to Butte twice in a week. Heck, he didn’t travel there twice in a month.

John took the front steps two at a time up to the front porch and opened the door to Adelaide’s beautiful smile and inhaled deeply. Her hair was tied up for the first time. “You look beautiful tonight,” he breathed.

She threw her arms around him and kissed him deeply, longingly. Her soft body pressed to his, her fingers raking through his hair. Lately, her vigor was becoming too much for him if he was going to remain a gentleman. He broke the kiss. “Whoa. What was that for?”

“I missed you,” she mewled, her long lashes batting at him in a way that could make a man go stupid.

“I missed you, too.” He caressed the soft skin of her cheek and enjoyed their closeness, but when his fingers reached her scar, she brushed his hand away. “You shouldn’t worry about the scars. You’re beautiful, the most beautiful woman in all of Dawson County.”

She smiled. “You make me believe I can actually be around others with my hair up and my head high.”

He cupped her face in his hands. “You can. You win every man’s eye the minute you walk in a room.”

She shook her head. “And you said you didn’t know how to speak to women.”

John brushed his thumb across her lips, longing to taste her sweetness again. “No, I said Stella told me that.”

Adelaide took him by the hand, the way she had every day since her palms had healed. “Come sit. I know you worked hard today. The men came back griping about how much you pushed them.”

“We’re trying to

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