His Californian Countess by Kate Welsh

Author:Kate Welsh
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-04-18T04:00:00+00:00

Through a sheen of tears, Amber watched Jamie walk to the marble registration desk just left of the fancy iron-and-glass-arched doorway they’d entered through. Why did he have to be so sweet? He made her love him more and more each day—and he still loved Helena.

Blinking the telltale moisture from her eyes, she let her gaze drift to the elaborate carpet with a pattern of golden-feathered wreaths woven against a jewel-toned background. He’d brought her to this fine place—a palace—and all she wanted to do was sleep or cry. What is wrong with me?

Amber knew she had to get a hold of herself and try harder to pull out of this melancholy she’d fallen into. Now she had Jamie thinking she was afraid to meet Mimm when she was actually keen to meet the woman. She desperately hoped to be able to talk to Mimm. She’d lost her aunt when she was sixteen and other than Joseph’s mother, she hadn’t had an older woman in her life since.

She supposed she could have talked to one of the passengers about her worries, but Amber hadn’t been comfortable asking near strangers intimate female questions. There had been Dr. Bennet, of course, but there’d been no way she’d have asked questions about her very personal matters. The man gave both her and Jamie the creeps.

If Mimm was everything Jamie said, Amber was confident she’d feel comfortable discussing her very worrisome problem with her. Last month her courses had come, though late and not as heavily as usual, so she knew she wasn’t expecting. Now she was tired, terribly tired, and felt the urge to cry all the time. She hadn’t the slightest idea what ailed her, but she was sure Mimm must have more experience in life than she herself did.

Her relationship with Jamie had begun to torture her heart. He’d never said he loved her, just that he cared for her. That she and their marriage was important to him. He desired her, but he was a man and men were able to bed women they desired, but didn’t love. Amber very much feared she was still only the woman he’d gotten stuck with because fear for his daughter had surfaced while he’d been ill.

She should have refused when he’d begged her to marry him. She knew she should have. She’d known it then, but she didn’t think she’d do anything different if she had it to do all over again. He’d been so filled with fear for his child, how could anyone have refused? Even knowing where it would lead, she’d do it again. She loved him that much.

A pair of polished boots stepped into her view. She looked up into Jamie’s troubled gaze and tried to brighten her tone when she said, “Oh, you’re back.”

Jamie smiled uncertainly. “You look a bit wilted again. Come. We’ll get you settled. I’ve taken a suite. That way you can rest in your own room and not be bothered by my comings and goings.”

She hadn’t slept alone since the stormy night they’d made love for the second time.

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