Hope Reborn (Texas Romance Series Book 3) by Caryl McAdoo

Author:Caryl McAdoo [McAdoo, Caryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Caryl McAdoo
Published: 2014-12-19T23:00:00+00:00

Henry waved her away. “Go get your pen and ink. I’ll meet you in the entry hall in, say, fifteen minutes?”

“That’ll do.” She turned and walked back toward the house.

He watched her until she disappeared outside the barn’s mid door, enjoying every step and the way her skirt swung side to side like the pendulum on the grandfather clock he had shipped from London.

He missed having a woman who belonged to him. Oh, he had the girls—his daughters, Rose, Laura, and Mammy—but he wanted a wife. He wanted Millicent May Meriwether.

He tossed one more forkful of hay then hurried to his library. Immediately went to grabbling newspapers and straightening his desk. Good thing the girls took turns sneaking in and cleaning for him even though the room was off limits.

Once satisfied, he scooted out to the bottom of the stairs. He pulled his pocket watch out and flipped it open. He hadn’t marked the time, but it sure seemed like more than fifteen minutes already.

Petticoats rustled. He stepped back and watched her float down the stairs. Houston was right. She could be an angel. Maybe her crinoline holding her skirt so far out made her seem to move like a cloud. Whatever it was, he loved it.

Taking her valise, he extended his elbow. She looped her hand through and laid it on his arm. That was where she belonged. At his side, leaning on him, counting on him.

He escorted her down the hall into his inner sanctum. The desire to usher her all the way through the final door was overwhelming, but he wouldn’t. Couldn’t. He wanted her as his forever soul mate, not a temporary tryst.

She glanced at the closed door. “Where does that lead?”

“My bedroom.”

She strolled back toward the open door that lead to the hall and put her hand on the knob.

“Don’t.”

She twirled and faced him. “Why not? I prefer it to be quiet when I work.” She smiled as demurely as he’d ever seen. “Your abode, dear man, gets pretty loud at times.”

“But.” He smiled. “We must abstain from all appearances of impropriety.”

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