Chevonne_Bride of Oklahoma by Leighann Dobbs

Author:Leighann Dobbs [Dobbs, Leighann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Victorian Era, western, Fourty-Six In Series, saga, Fifty-Books, Forty-Five Authors, Newspaper Ad, short story, American Mail-Order Bride, Bachelor, Single Woman, marriage of convenience, Christian, Religious, Faith, inspirational, Factory Burned, Pioneer, Oklahoma, Deceased Grandmother, Dream, Secret Project, Hidden Secrets, Trust Issues
Goodreads: 27826549
Publisher: Leighann Dobbs
Published: 2016-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Later that night, Chevonne unwrapped the packages of curtain fabric in her bedroom. Her list of sewing projects was growing. She opened the top drawer of her bureau and ran her fingers lightly over the beautiful lace and silk ribbons she’d collected to use for bows and decorations on her new undergarments.

First double checking that her bedroom door was locked, she retrieved her grandmother’s lace bag from under the dressing table and spread the contents out on the bed. They were all her grandmother’s sketches--designs for a revolutionary line of undergarments, frilly, lacy, matching undergarments the likes of which no one had ever seen.

Even though they were making these new undergarments for women, Chevonne had a sneaking suspicion that men might appreciate them, too, when they saw the change in their wives when they had them on. Women would be much more comfortable, stand straighter and even be more agreeable, not to mention look more womanly.

Would Trey appreciate these undergarments?

The stray thought of him seeing her in her undergarments caused a flood of warmth to crash through Chevonne. Her cheeks felt like they were on fire.

She ran her fingers lightly over the designs, her heart tugging with longing for her grandmother. She missed her terribly, but she was on a new adventure now and she would keep her grandmother alive through these designs.

Chevonne’s eyes drifted to the window. Bright stars twinkled around the slice of moon in the dark sky. The sky looked so much bigger here than in Lawrence. She was glad she’d come to this new, untamed area.

She pushed the window open to breathe in the cool prairie night air. Outside she could hear insects buzzing. An owl hooted. The smell of the countryside filled her senses. It was so much better than the smell of wood smoke and coal dust that she knew from Lawrence. And the night sounds of a city were frightening: drunks, fights, police whistles.

She put the designs safely away then undressed and tugged her thin linen chemise over her head. She turned down the lamp and snuggled into bed under the crisp sheet. It had been a good day. She’d enjoyed her trips into town, with Celia and later with Trey. After they’d returned from town, she’d set to making the ribbon jelly, and baking the bread, and roasting the meat and potatoes for supper. She made gravy with the meat juices.

The fried eggplant came last, and it was the best of all eaten with a sauce she made, Mrs. Gillette’s Tartare Sauce. They’d ended supper with cheese she’d creamed and sweetened to spread on slices of the molasses fruit cake.

Trey had spent the afternoon installing all the roller shades around the house. She’d accompanied him to her room and watched him do the work on her bedroom windows. The shades made the house cooler than the previous evening.

The fussy ribbon jelly would be ready the next day. The layers of jelly and Blanc Mange, with varied colors and flavors, had to set well in drinking glasses in the icebox.

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