Highland Lover: A Historical Highlander Steamy Romance Collection (Highland Lover Series Book 6) by Fiona Knightley

Author:Fiona Knightley [Knightley , Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

It’s been two weeks since Amelia arrived back at Arbroath, and it feels like she has the same life she left seven months ago. However, there have been a lot of changes that have to do with her interaction with Clach. Clach has been on his sickbed as a result of the fight they had. He isn’t critically ill as the physician has stated, but he needs adequate rest to recover from the shock he had on his head the day she hit him with the lamp.

“He has come of age; he needs more rest,” she remembers the physician saying.

While treating Clach, the physician had questioned her on how he damaged his head. Amelia had told him the truth, and seeing her face and the patches of lost hair she had, he became silent with his questions.

“Some marriages are like that,” he said, putting the conversation to a stop.

Indeed, Amelia wasn’t expecting him to congratulate her on what she did. He will surely take sides with Clach, who has been his patient for years and has been putting money in his pocket. And, he has been the one taking care of her bruises for the past five years. Therefore, she expects him to understand that if she caused Clach to lose some blood, it means she has had enough of his brutality.

While Clach recovers, Amelia has always visited his chamber to keep an eye on his health and ensure the maids are giving him his medication. Since he hasn’t agreed to the divorce discussion she had brought up, she is still his wife and has to take good care of him, even when he doesn’t deserve it.

Sitting on a cushion not far from his bed, Amelia watched as the senior maid gently passed the cup of medicine to Clach. He murmurs some curse beneath his breath as he sits upright to drink the mixture. Amelia watches him closely; he has never once stayed at her sickbed whenever he had pounded her on in their five years of marriage. And here she is, sitting for him. She is sure of one thing; she is different from him.

“Ye witch! Are ye trying again to kill me by sitting there?” Clach says. “I won’t be surprised if ye put poison in these honking herbs. If ye must know, Ah'm hard crack, I deh die easily.”

Amelia stands up. He has always known him to be a man with a foul mouth, saying things that can hurt another person. She won’t let him screw her mind with his words like he usually does.

“That’s the difference between you and me, Clach, I deh hurt people for the fun of it,” Amelia looks away from him.

Clach chuckles, “Ah'm surprised at your boldness, before you ran away; you could barely look me in the eye. Now, you have toughened up, huh, hitting back at me?”

“Your physician said you need bed rest in the next two to three days. Your head is healing, he said, then you can go back to work,” she says as she walks towards the door, ignoring his question.

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