Forbidden to Love: An Historical Romance by Patricia Hagan

Author:Patricia Hagan [Hagan, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781644570159
Publisher: ePublishing Works!

Brett embraced the woman called Big Ruby. He knew she got the name due to her voluminous breasts. But when he thought of the bigness of her, it was her heart, for she had been the one to nurse him back to health, and he knew he owed her his life.

He had tried to make it back to the way station but passed out from loss of blood. By the time the horse ambled in on his own, Brett was near death. He was taken into the next settlement, but there wasn't a doctor. Big Ruby was the next best thing, and she'd made up her mind he wasn't going to die.

And he hadn't.

Fever had set in. He'd hovered in a kind of netherworld for days, unaware of anything. When he'd finally come out of it, he found himself looking into brown eyes, crying with relief, and smothered by those large, luscious breasts.

Big Ruby wanted him to hang around once he got on his feet, but he'd made up his mind to head back East and join the Union army. Now he was saying good-bye, and she was clinging to him and whispering how she knew he'd never promised anything, but she loved him all the same.

"And in a special way, I love you, too," he said, and meant it, knowing it wasn't the way she wanted it. He meant gratitude, friendship. She wanted the forever kind of love, the kind he knew he could never offer, for he had none left to give.

He mounted the horse, gazed down at her and tipped his hat. "You take care of yourself."

"You, too, soldier"—she forced a brave smile—"and I hope you find that angel you were looking for."

He blinked, puzzled. "What are you talking about?"

She shrugged, as if it didn't matter, knowing all the while it did, and it hurt like hell, too. "I didn't say nothing about it, 'cause I kept hoping you'd wind up staying, but when you were out of your head with the fever, you kept calling somebody, calling them an 'angel.' And if she meant that much, I figure you have to love her. And if you do..." she grudgingly conceded, "then I hope you find her."

Brett shook his head, as though he didn't know what she was talking about. With a last wave, he rode away.

Angel, indeed, he bitterly scoffed, spurring the horse into a full gallop, anxious to get to the war. Devil was more like it.

But Big Ruby had been right about one thing.

He did love her.

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