His Reluctant Bride by Sheena Morrish

Author:Sheena Morrish [Morrish, Sheena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Asterix21
Published: 2014-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

Luck seemed to be with her and by the time they all went to bed her parents were yawning their heads off. It was absolute agony to wait in the dark for an hour but Katie wanted to be sure before she made a move. At the end of the hour she silently opened the door to her room and gave a satisfied smile at the sight of the sleeping guard outside.

Changing quickly in to the tightest black dress she could find in her old closet that caressed her every curve and clung like a second skin. She added a thick bracelet that covered her marks on her wrist and took a deep breath before catching up her heels and bag then crossing to the window and opening it slowly.

It had been years since she had been home and even longer since she had snuck out but she remembered the locations of the conveniently placed footholds and she carefully made her way down until she reached the ground below. Slipping on her heels she cast one last look at her parent’s house before she made her way down to the local bar remembering the way even though she had only been there once.

The place looked as shabby as she remembered. It was only popular with those new to town and those too drunk to care which was what she was counting on. Hopefully nobody there would recognise her and if they did they most likely wouldn’t care.

She wasn’t disappointed. They barely spared her a glance as she entered and Katie wondered for a moment if she was making a big mistake. But that passed as soon as she saw a familiar face that hadn’t seen in a while and hadn’t expected to see ever again.

“Rafe?” she asked as she came up behind him not quite believing that he was actually here.

“Katie?” he said as he spun round staring at her in disbelief.

They had been close friends when they were younger. Long before she had gone to the school and they had remained close during the holidays she was allowed to take at home. She had once even thought herself to be in love with him but her parents had made sure to put a stop to that and she hadn’t seen him since. Yet here he was again and it felt strange to see him.

They chatted for ages and it was like going back in the past to a day when she had foolishly thought that she might be able to escape her future wedding and actually marry for love.

It was such great timing finding herself here at the same time he was and she had a moment to wonder if this was fate intervening on her behalf.

She didn’t even hesitate when he asked her to go back to his house with him even though she knew where he would want it to lead. She wanted it to. Or rather she thought she did. The reality of stepping out in

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