Her Secret Baby by Christine Sterling

Author:Christine Sterling [Sterling, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christine Sterling
Published: 2018-04-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Elizabeth was getting restless. It had been four days since she arrived in Black Hills, and she felt like she was ready to climb up the walls. Her new husband was off doing some work at her eventual home and had been there for the past couple of days. When she first inquired about when they would be making the journey, he told her that it wasn’t ready yet. After a few days had passed, she wanted to tell him she didn’t care where they were going, just as long as she didn’t have to stay in that hotel room anymore, but she couldn't muster the courage to make any demands. She still felt indebted to him.

After the first night of throwing herself at him, she hadn’t dared to try again. Although they did sleep in the same bed at night, he didn’t touch her at all. In fact, she didn’t even think he was attracted to her in any way. It made her feel inadequate. Was there something wrong with her? They had walked around a few times in the past few days, and she had seen many women approach Tom in seductive ways. They would walk up to him and pat his arms or flutter their eyes at him. And even though Tom seemed to pay them no mind, brushing them off at first glance, jealousy still swirled around her like a tornado. She wanted to run over to the girls and yell at them, tell them this was her husband and they were not to touch him or even look at him. The feelings were so strong one night it took everything in her power not to say anything to him.

But she didn’t want to say anything. He had told her not to fall in love with him, and she needed to remember he would never love her. This was a marriage of convenience, that they were both benefitting from. Emotions would just get in the way. The result of all this would only be her with a broken heart. And she had seen what that did to her aunt; she couldn’t let that happen to her, not when she had Madeline to think of. Yes, Madeline must be the most important thing in her life. Her heart could only have room for one person and it had to be her little cousin.

She just wanted to get out of the stifling room. Tom had told her she should stay in the room whenever he wasn’t around. He wouldn’t tell her why, but she suspected it was because of the looming threat of Carl. And although she was scared still, the claustrophobia of being in that room was too much for her. She walked over to Madeline’s basket. The baby was wide awake, staring at her with her hands in the air. She bent over and scooped up the baby, holding her close to her chest. “Ready for an adventure?” she cooed at Madeline, as she turned around and walked out the door.

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