Dared & Kissed: The Scotsman's Yuletide Bride (A Highland Christmas Romance) (Love's Second Chance: Highland Tales Book 2) by Bree Wolf

Author:Bree Wolf [Wolf, Bree]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2020-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Subtle Signs of Love

Carrying yet another armload of freshly-cut evergreen branches, Emma was lost in thought as she walked back to the great hall with Maggie by her side. Her lips still tingled from Finn’s kiss, and rather begrudgingly, she had to admit that it had felt utterly overwhelming, a far cry from the soft peck she had given Finn all those years ago.

Was that why he had thought her unfeeling? Because she had lacked the ability to kiss him with such finesse? Was that why he had doubted her? Had his kiss today changed anything between them? Did he have any intentions towards her? After all, he had been relieved to hear that Vaughn had never kissed her. And had he not said he needed to know if she intended to marry Vaughn?

Had he not looked utterly jealous?

Emma’s heart skipped a beat as hope once more surged forward, tickling the corners of her mouth and willing a smile onto her face that felt all the more overwhelming as it had been absent these past few years.

“Something happened,” Maggie observed, her eyes narrowed as she watched Emma. “Tell me.”

Swallowing, Emma turned to look at her friend. “I dunno know what ye mean,” she mumbled, uncertain how to put into words the many contradicting emotions that lived in her heart.

Maggie chuckled, “’Tis Finn, isn’t it?” Her eyes narrowed even further as though she could truly read Emma’s thoughts. “What happened? Did he…did he kiss ye?” She glanced over her shoulder, back down the way they had come. “Just now? Was that why ye were gone for so long?”

Gritting her teeth, Emma felt heat rise to her cheeks, and mortified, she closed her eyes.

Maggie laughed, putting a gentle hand on Emma’s shoulder. “Don’t be embarrassed. I’m so happy for ye.” Eagerness stood on her face. “How did it happen? Tell me everything.”

Setting down the branches, Emma shook her head, her thoughts still running rampant as though she had no control over them. “How did ye know?” she asked in return, trying to distract Maggie from asking more questions Emma did not know how to answer.

A deep sigh full of longing and…remembrance left Maggie’s lips. “Love is impossible to hide,” she whispered, “at least from those not affected by it.” Gently, she squeezed Emma’s hand. “I can see it in ye and Finn because my heart isna burdened by doubt and fear. Ye may try to hide how ye feel, but those attempts make the truth even more obvious.”

Emma nodded, wondering how she could ever have thought that Finn did not care for her. Now, it seemed only too obvious that there was something between them, that there had always been something between them. Why else would he have been so angry with her for so long? Still, a small part of Emma did not dare believe her own conclusions to be true. Maggie was right. Fear could be utterly blinding. “He did kiss me,” she whispered, a shy smile on her face as she confided in her friend.

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