Charity House Courtship (Love Inspired Historical) by Ryan Renee

Author:Ryan, Renee [Ryan, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-08-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Over the course of the next week, Laney’s days settled into a pleasant, if somewhat hectic routine. She worked at the orphanage all day, visited an increasingly ailing Sally in the late afternoon then worked her shift at the Hotel Dupree in the evening. Though on the verge of exhaustion, she’d never felt happier in her life. And she knew the source of her joy.

Marc Dupree.

No longer her enemy, she now saw him as a person, with worries and burdens and flaws just like her. Instead of finding fault with his imperfections, her admiration deepened.

She was in love. Or, if not, very close to getting there.

Smiling, she spread flour on the chopping board and pressed out more dough. The clock on the table told her she had two hours to finish with her morning chores before serving lunch to the children. No matter how hard she tried to concentrate on her long list of tasks, her mind kept wandering back to Marc.

She’d see him again soon. A rush of anticipation tingled along her scalp.

What had happened to her restraint, her need to guard her heart? A single thought of the handsome hotel owner and her stomach turned all shaky and quivery inside.

Sighing, she pressed a flour-tipped finger to her lips. Though he’d not kissed her again, there were times when Marc looked at her in a way that had her thinking of the future, of happy endings, of forever.

Laney looked forward to the day when there would be no more secrets between them. On countless occasions she’d opened her mouth to tell him the truth about Charity House, but each time something in her had halted her confession. Perhaps it was the habit of caution, or perhaps simple fear, but she could never quite find the words to tell him about the orphanage.

And Marc hadn’t pressed.

If she told him the truth, would he finally trust her? A very selfish part of her wanted it to be that simple. But she’d learned her lesson well, thanks to Thurston P. Prescott III. The children needed her protection. Until she was certain of their safety, she had to maintain her silence.

Kneading the dough a bit harder than necessary, Laney sighed. Why couldn’t she have met Marc under different circumstances? Despite her limited knowledge of relations between a man and a woman, she sensed her feelings for the man were special, different, good.

Laney wanted to throw caution to the wind. She wanted to trust in someone other than herself and a silent God who seemed too far away at the moment. She wanted to—

The back door burst open, jarring her out of her daydreams. “Miss Laney, come quick, Katherine just hit a home run.”

Pure delight filled her. The very idea of prim and proper Katherine whacking a ball hard enough to cross over the backyard fence was quite a thought indeed. “Megan, are you certain of this?”

“Yes.” She pointed to her left. “See for yourself.”

Laney wiped her hands on her apron and glanced out the window above the sink.

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