Her Sudden Groom by Rose Gordon

Author:Rose Gordon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781935171942
Publisher: Second Wind Publishing, LLC
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The wedding was a small, somewhat hectic affair. Due to Father’s illness, the wedding had to be held at Watson Estate, which put Brooke into a frenzy. Andrew didn’t want her traveling so close to the end of her confinement. But Brooke had a mind of her own, and after a compromise that involved four hours in a carriage going at an extremely slow pace, the two with their baby arrived at Watson Estate with fifteen minutes to spare before the wedding.

And that was just the beginning.

Paul and Liberty rolled up a few minutes later. As soon as the carriage door swung open, Paul went about his task of trying to scrape up a change of clothes, saying his wife would kill him if he even suggested to perform the wedding wearing the clothes he had on. Apparently their little boy wasn’t much of a traveler yet.

The duke and duchess arrived just as Paul’s coachman cleared the drive. Benjamin carried his wife inside and deposited her on one of the settees in the drawing room. Standing outside, Alex could hear them exchanging words. Not bitter arguing, of course, just bantering in the way they normally did. When their words stopped, Alex peeked in the window in time to see Madison kick off her slippers and prop her feet up on the end of the settee with her arms were crossed. Benjamin soon emerged from the side of the house, muttering something about as crazy as she made him, he’d always love that blasted female.

Benjamin then went out and started giving directives to the coachman who had driven the second coach to their caravan. Alex didn’t even want to know what that was about. He was still waiting for Caroline and Marcus to arrive, becoming more nervous as the minutes stretched on.

He checked his pocket watch. There were less than ten minutes before the ceremony was to start, and his bride was nowhere to be found.

He didn’t want his guests to guess at his unease, so he went for a walk to calm his nerves. What if she didn’t come? His heartbeat picked up pace. Had she changed her mind? After he’d procured the special license, he’d written to his family and made a trip to see her to secure the details. She wasn’t available though. Marcus told him she was out and agreed on the wedding time in her stead.

He kicked a stray stone. “Damn,” he muttered in agitation, kicking another stone. “I should have waited. I should have talked to her.” He raked his hair with his fingers and sat on a rock. If she’d changed her mind at least he’d have known and could have avoided the embarrassment and unease of being jilted at the altar.

He swallowed hard and stood up. Turning to walk back down the path, he nearly collided with Marcus.

His unease immediately intensified to horrification when his eyes met Marcus’. “She’s not coming, is she?” he asked unevenly.

Marcus shook his head. “She’s coming. She’s just…um…been detained.

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