Della: Bride of Texas (American Mail-Order Bride 28) by Trinity Ford

Author:Trinity Ford [Ford, Trinity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Victorian Era, Western, Twenty-Eightth 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, Texas, Matchmaker, Fort Worth, Cowboys, Community, Banker, Store Owner, Trouble Maker, Heartache
Goodreads: 28218178
Publisher: Virtual Bookpublishing, LLC.
Published: 2015-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

When Monday morning rolled around, Hank couldn’t imagine walking into the General Store and seeing Della there on his usual routine. What’s worse, Beatrice had notified him that the dresses were ready, and he knew if he saw her standing there in one of the dresses he’d had made for her, it might prove to be his breaking point. He knew he was head over heels in love with this woman who came to town to marry another man and it was eating him alive and taking over all his thoughts.

“Billy,” Hank said, stopping a young boy who was walking by as he unlocked the door to his office. “Head on over to the General Store and tell Roy he’ll need to come to me this week.” He reached in his pocket and pulled out a dime and flipped it up in the air and into Billy’s hand.

“Sure thing, Mr. Hensley!” Billy said, running off down the street.

Hank busied himself with other work, but he found it hard to concentrate. So much had happened lately. One minute he was happy doing nothing more than flirting with a beautiful newcomer to town—the next, his heart and mind were her captives and for the first time in his life, he couldn’t get a woman out of his mind. His heart was breaking and he had no idea what to do about it.

That’s what you get for caring, Hank thought, remembering for a brief moment how those he thought he loved in life only ever let him down. But Della was different, and Hank knew it. She hadn’t ever led him on or made him think he had a chance. In fact, she’d been perfectly blunt about wanting anything but him, so he couldn’t really blame her when she made it clear, once again, that he wasn’t in her plans for the future. He’d just have to get past this pain, and he was sure time would heal the heartache—at least he hoped it would.

“Hank?” Roy asked, opening the door to Hank’s office. “You under the weather?”

“Nah,” Hank said, motioning for Roy to have a seat. “Just don’t think it’s a good idea to be putting myself in places I don’t need to be.”

The two men exchanged knowing looks as Roy nodded. “Well, we had another profitable week last week,” he began, giving Hank a rundown of the business. “Got another delivery Tuesday—stocking up for the Chisolm Trail rush. Looks like we’ll triple sales we did last year.”

“That’s great, Roy,” Hank said. “You’ve done an amazing job running the place.”

“Thank you, sir,” Roy said, rising from the chair.

“I know I’ve said it before, Roy,” Hank said, “but I sure am sorry for what I did before.”

“Think nothing of it,” Roy said.

“It was wrong,” Hank said, his voice filled with remorse as he remembered what Della had told him about the trouble in the family at the pond. “I could never make up for it.”

“Look, Hank,” Roy said. “You done right by me

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