Colonist's Wife by Kylie Scott

Author:Kylie Scott
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Erotica
ISBN: 9781419943652
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave Publishing Inc.
Published: 2013-03-15T04:00:00+00:00

Louise let Adam lead her to the garden with her hand tight in his. It gave her the warm fuzzies, him wanting the connection. Holding hands was such a simple, sweet thing.

He took her a back way, moving at his usual impossible pace. Down a small, silent corridor of rough stone. Down six flights of stairs. On and on they went. Her shirt was clinging to her by the time they reached the bottom, despite the frosty temperature in the passageways.

“Are you trying to avoid someone?” she enquired of her husband’s back.

“No.”

“Because this feels a little out of the way. Taking the lift wouldn’t have been more direct, perhaps?”

“No.”

“Sure you’re not trying to avoid the chief, maybe?”

“No.”

“Just wondering.”

Adam’s com sounded and he drew it from his back pocket without slowing the pace. “We’ve got a meeting with the marriage coordinator tomorrow.”

“Are you going to show this time?”

He stopped so fast she stumbled straight into him. Strong hands caught her elbows, steadying her. Dark stubble lined his jaw because he hadn’t bothered to shave. Her husband did rugged awfully well. Made her want to swoon, just a little. “I’m sorry about that.”

“Let me guess—that was before.”

“It was.” Blue eyes narrowed but he couldn’t quite keep the start of a smile off his face. A smile was a victory on what had to be an awful day for him, no matter what he said. “You’re a bit of a smartass, princess.”

“I’m your worshipful wife,” she corrected.

“Ah. That would be it.”

“Best five days of your life, since I arrived.”

“True.”

“So I think you should turn up this time and tell the nice lady as much.”

He nodded gravely. “I will. We’ll go together.” Adam dipped his head and kissed the tip of her nose, the jut of her chin. His eyes radiated warmth, affection. “Best five days of my life.”

And her heart kind of tipped and fell for him. Which terrified her, but there was absolutely nothing she could do to stop it.

“Adam.”

“Mmm?”

She couldn’t afford this, the feeling of being opened wide, everything exposed. Falling for this man could definitely expose her and her secrets. It could endanger them both. The district attorney had been insistent. She could tell no one. It would only put them in jeopardy. What happened to Con might have been a mess of his own making, but it wasn’t happening to Adam. He wouldn’t get dragged into it. She wouldn’t allow it. Now more than ever, she had to keep her shit together. There was still a price on her head for testifying at Con’s murderer’s trial. People still wanted her dead, if they could find her. A guard had been tortured to death not long before she’d shipped out because someone in the DA’s office had spoken out of turn. If the guard had known…

Louise stared at him with her mouth gaping but nothing coming out. Her husband.

An abyss yawned wide inside her and she stood on the edge, alone and uncertain. Her head was cluttered with all the things she couldn’t tell him.

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