An Inconvenient Marriage by Ruth Ann Nordin

Author:Ruth Ann Nordin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, comedy, marriage, humor, sex, historical, wedding, bride, groom, scheme
Publisher: Ruth Ann Nordin

Chapter Twelve

For the first time in her life, Sue spent considerable time getting dressed for Friday night. She knew that appearances were important to Jake, and she decided she would do her part to look as good as possible for the dinner and dance. She decided to wear a hunter green long sleeve dress with a heart shaped neckline. It would show a slight amount of cleavage but there was little she could do to help that since she couldn’t change her bust size. She wore the diamond necklace and earrings that Jake had given her and slipped on her hunter green high heeled shoes. She brushed her hair so that it fell in soft curls around her shoulders. She finally decided to pull the sides of it back with a hunter green barrette so that her earrings would show. She examined her reflection. Maybe I am as pretty as Jake claims.

When she was ready, she went to the den since he spent most of his free time sitting at his desk. He was doing more paperwork. He spends so much time working. When does he take time off to have fun? “Is that more work for the bank?”

He glanced up. “Yes. I already have some accounts to open.” He wrote something else on his paper and paused. He looked up again.

“Did I do something wrong?” she asked as she inspected her dress.

“No. You did everything right,” he whispered.

She blushed. “I wanted to make you proud to have me as your companion tonight. I know you care about what I look like in public.”

“I don’t know. I may have gotten myself into trouble. Now you look too good to take anywhere.”

She smiled. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”

He put his pen down. “I’m not going to get any more work done tonight with you looking like that. Are you ready to eat?” He stood up.

“Yes. Do you feel alright?”

“I was fine last night. I just wanted to go to bed early.”

She sighed as she followed him out of the den and into the entry way of the house. “I know my food made you nauseous. My brothers got sick after they ate it one time. I should have warned you not to eat it all. I thought you might take a couple of bites and be done with it.”

“It wasn’t that bad.”

“Well, I would still rather not cook anymore. Thankfully, Mr. Blacksmith missed out on having to eat it all.”

“That’s not the only thing he missed.”

“Oh, right. Your business meeting.”

“Something like that. At any rate, he’s now in the past. May I put your coat on?” he asked once they reached the closet.

She was pleased. “Alright. I must admit I’m still nervous about being in a fancy restaurant.”

“Why?” He slipped the coat over her shoulders and handed her the hat to go with it.

“It’s hard to remember all the rules about which fork or spoon to use. I feel like I’m taking an exam I didn’t have time to study for.

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