Destroyed & Restored - The Baron's Courageous Wife by Wolf Bree

Author:Wolf, Bree
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three – A Truth Revealed

The day after the ball, Lady Elton and her husband called on them at the house.

Adelaide was happy to see them as their marriage was becoming the one that she began to think of as the marriage. Certainly, there were all kinds of different marriages. As different as people were as different were the marriages they entered into. Still, all her life, Adelaide had looked to her parents to see how the world worked.

And it had frightened her.

Now, however, everything was changing. Never would she have thought to marry a man who was as kind and considerate as her new husband. Certainly, his insistence to annoy or even anger her was actually starting to annoy her, but she knew that it came from a good place. He was trying to help her, to make her see that she need not live in fear, that she could be herself and not be punished for it.

The only question was: who was she?

For so long, Adelaide had adapted her character to suit those around her that she hardly knew who she was deep inside. It was time to find out.

And so, she looked to Lady Elton and her husband for inspiration. The way they acted around one another was inspiring to say the least, and here and there, Adelaide rejoiced in seeing similarities between their marriage and her own.

“It is good to see you,” her husband greeted his cousin as they sat down in the drawing room. His eyes narrowed as his gaze travelled back and forth between Lord and Lady Elton. “You two seem exceptionally happy,” he observed, and Adelaide sat back to study their faces. Indeed, there was a new glow in Lady Elton’s eyes, and the way husband and wife exchanged glances here and there spoke volumes.

“We are,” Lord Elton intoned, his hand reaching for his wife’s, squeezing it gently, “and as we are family and I am particularly fond of you, dear cousin, we have come to share our good news with you.”

Matthew chuckled, and Adelaide smiled, feeling herself grow more and more comfortable with these people, people who now truly were her family. It was a comforting thought!

“Do not tease him,” Lady Elton chided her husband. Then she inhaled a deep breath and said, “We are happy to say that come autumn we will be welcoming a new little life into our family.” Wide grins hung on their faces as they looked from Adelaide to her husband.

“That is wonderful!” Matthew exclaimed, rising to his feet and hugging his cousin. “Congratulations! You’ll be a great father. I have no doubt.” Their faces sobered suddenly, and Adelaide thought to see a deeper meaning pass between them.

“Allow me to offer my congratulations as well,” Adelaide said to Lady Elton as the men stood over to the side, speaking to each other in quiet tones. “You must be very happy indeed.”

Lady Elton smiled, a deep sigh leaving her lips. “I’m deliriously happy, yes.” She rose from the seat she had taken next to her husband and came to sit with Adelaide.

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