Donovan's Deceit (The Langley Legacy Book 3) by Kathy Shaw & The Langley Legacy

Author:Kathy Shaw & The Langley Legacy [Shaw, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The next morning, Donovan sat at his father’s desk, an open ledger and his coffee mug at his fingertips. The words and numbers on the lined pages may as well have been written in Latin for all he was getting out of it.

He couldn’t focus. Every time he tried, his mind wandered back to last night.

Last night. His wedding night. The best damn night of his life!

Rachel had been so receptive, so willing, so responsive. Sure, she’d had her moments of uneasiness. What virgin wouldn’t, but she’d trusted him to guide her through.

She’d completely, blindly trusted him. Him, the notorious outlaw Donnie Langley.

She’d made him feel ten feet tall and bulletproof.

Only he wasn’t really who she trusted. She’d put her faith in Sullivan, the man she’d fallen in love with. Not the man pretending to be Sullivan. Not him.

Donovan sighed and picked up his coffee mug.

He needed to remember who Rachel truly loved. It would make it easier to keep his emotions in check. Yes, he hoped to love her in time. But he could never allow himself to fall in love with her.

His past would always loom over him. Maybe not today, or next week, or next year, or Hell, maybe not in the next twenty years, but there was always a chance the law could come knocking on his front door.

And if that day came, he’d be running out the back door before God got the news—without a woman in tow. If he hesitated—if he took the time to convince Rachel to go with him—he’d be behind bars for so long, he’d be old, broken, and only a shell of a man when he got out.

Donovan banged his fist against the desktop and growled.

Damn it! He’d go out in a blaze of glory rather than get caged behind bars for even an hour, much less the rest of his life.

A movement in the doorway caught Donovan’s attention.

Rachel, wearing a pale-yellow day dress, stood just inside the office entry. Her hair, pulled up in a loose bun with soft ringlets falling around her face, glowed in the morning light filtering through the window pane. “Spun gold in sunshine,” he remembered telling her last night. He hadn’t exaggerated.

Rachel Langley was beautiful. And she was his.

Donovan silently chastised himself for his dangerous thoughts. He couldn’t allow himself to get too attached to his wife.

“I hope that scowl across your face wasn’t caused by something I did,” she teased as she stepped farther into the room.

“Of course not,” he replied as he started to stand.

She waved him back into his chair as she sat across the desk from him. “Please, sit down. I’m only going to be a minute and then I’ll leave you to your ledgers.”

He nodded and sat back in his seat, thankful she’d insisted. Just the sight of her, the sound of her voice, had him hard—again.

They’d made love twice during the night and again as the sun rose outside their bedroom window. He hadn’t thought she might

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