His Perfect Woman (Urban Hearts Series Book 1) by Towne L. E

Author:Towne, L. E. [Towne, L. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rico Towne Books
Published: 2015-08-28T07:00:00+00:00

“Az, please keep your voice down.” Jonathan’s own voice was barely controlled.

“Why? They’ve got to know something’s going on. They’re not stupid. They can see that we—

“That we what? Just what are we?”

“We’re different. We’re not like we were when we lived here. I’m not the same. You’re not the same.”

“That’s just it. I am the same. You’re the one who’s changed.” The words came out like some bitter spit of tobacco.

They were closed off in one of the less drafty bedrooms on the east side of the house. Her in-laws were out in the garden teaching Eli the finer elements of croquet. He didn’t care about the wickets at all. He simply had a great time whacking balls with a mallet. Az had excused herself from the game to go upstairs, unable to bear Jonathan’s reserved anger another minute. And he couldn’t resist the urge to follow her to their room to tell her how rude she was being to his parents.

They’d been in England a week—the first few days were filled with outings with his parents and Jane and Reggie, but eventually, his father went back to work and Eloise went back to her daily activities with the church or garden club—this solitude had been their undoing. Left to their own devices, she and Jonathan had disintegrated once again.

“Maybe I have changed,” she said tiredly. “Is that so bad?”

He walked to the window and watched their son playing croquet with his parents. Azure heard Eli’s shrill scream of delight as another wooden ball rolled away from his mallet.

“I can’t seem to make you happy anymore.” Jonathan didn’t look at her.

“Same here. And I don’t know how to fix it.” Her head hurt, tears threatened at the backs of her eyes. He turned from the window, looking at her for a long sad second. His hands and shoulders coming up in a gesture of defeat.

“I need to get back. Mum will be up here, otherwise.” He was right. His mother had been watching the two of them with a careful eye since they’d gotten to the house. Az knew Jonathan hadn’t said anything to her, and she’d thought they’d kept their discord under wraps, but Eloise was no dummy.

Two days later Azure awoke late on a Saturday to find Eloise alone in the kitchen.

“Good morning,” Eloise was dressed and perfectly coifed as usual, wearing a tweed skirt and cream blouse. Az remembered that in the six years she’d been married to Jonathan, she’d never seen her mother-in-law in pants, or trousers, as Eloise corrected her. Trousers were for gardening and not much else.

“Good morning,” Azure roused herself into some sense of wakefulness and smiled gratefully that there was still coffee left. The Worth’s were tea drinkers of course, and would make one pot of coffee for her and Jonathan in the mornings. Jonathan had been up awhile judging by the smidgen of coffee left in the pot.

“The boys have gone on a jaunt this morning,” Eloise answered her unasked question.

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