Alma's Mail Order Husband (Texas Brides Book 1) by Kate Whitsby

Author:Kate Whitsby
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mail order husband, mail order bride old west romance, mail order bride western romance, mail order brides western romance, mail order western romance
Publisher: Gold Crown Publishers

Chapter 17

They found him about halfway between the barn and the river.

“Where have you been?” Alma asked.

“Just riding around,” he told them. “I was having a look around.”

“We were waiting for you up by the barn,” she told him. “We didn’t know where you were, and we were waiting for you before we went out to the herd.”

“Didn’t you notice my horse was gone?” he asked. “You should have realized I was already gone.”

“We saw your horse gone,” she replied. “But we didn’t know if you were planning on coming back and meeting up with us or if you’d gone off on your own.”

“What difference does it make?” Jude grumbled.

“Just that we’ve been standing around waiting for you when we could have been out to work already,” Alma told him. “You should let me know if you’re going off by yourself so I don’t wonder where you’re going and what your plans are.”

“I’m not going to check with you before I go somewhere,” he shot back. “I won’t be tied to your apron strings all the time. I’m used to coming and going as I please, and I won’t change now, just because I’m married.”

Alma bristled. “I didn’t say I wanted you tied to my apron strings. As you can see, I don’t even have any apron strings. You can come and go as you please and I don’t give a rip. I just said you should tell us what your plans are so we aren’t standing there waiting for you when we have work of our own to do. If you want to ride from here all the way to Mexico City, it’s fine with me. Just tell me so I know what you’re doing.”

“No man in his right mind would stoop so low as to inform a woman about his plans and movements,” Jude snapped. “If you’re gonna be my wife, you better get this into your head now. You tell me your plans and movements, so I know what you’re doing, not the other way around. You’re a woman. That’s your place.”

Alma stared at him. Then, she frowned. “First of all, I’m not going to be your wife. I am your wife. Second of all, I would tell you my plans and movements out of basic respect for your time. I wouldn’t leave you standing around wondering where I was or what I was doing. That’s just simple human consideration. Or is that too much for you to comprehend?”

Jude squinted at her from under the brim of his hat. “You better learn to watch that tongue of yours.”

Alma’s eyes flew open. “What has gotten into you? What happened between this morning and now to make you so hostile all of a sudden? After last night….”

Jude cut her off. “Don’t talk about last night. Don’t talk about anything private between you and me in front of your sisters. What happened last night is none of their business, and it doesn’t have anything to do with what’s happening right now.

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