Keep: The Wedding by Kaye Blue

Author:Kaye Blue
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Multicultural, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Suspense, Women's Fiction, Multicultural & Interracial, Crime, Literature & Fiction
Published: 2016-02-22T06:00:00+00:00

FIVE

FAWN

I DIDN’T RECALL FALLING asleep, but I must have, for when I opened my eyes, the room was bright with sunlight. For a moment, I lay there, the feel of Vasile’s big, warm body against mine giving me peace.

It was short-lived. One moment I was content in the safe, warm cage of his arms, and in the next, the words from the previous night came crashing in.

“Then that will have to be enough.”

Remembering the words now, it was impossible to believe I had forgotten them, even for a moment. Now that I had remembered, I knew I wouldn’t forget them again. Or forget the sound of his voice when he’d uttered them. He’d sounded almost sorry, like he wished things weren’t this way but there was nothing he could do about it. That Vasile, the man who had moved mountains for me, the one who had saved me, had no other choice.

That wasn’t true. Vasile could do anything, conquer any foe he chose to.

So maybe I simply had to accept the idea that we couldn’t get married because he didn’t want to be married to me.

It was hard to accept that possibility, reconcile the idea that he didn’t want me with the way he touched me, loved me. Even now he held me, tenderly stroked my face. The intensity in his gaze was almost overwhelming, but I didn’t flinch from it. I wanted to see it, needed the reminder that whatever happened, Vasile loved me.

“Good morning,” he said, the words soft, tender, so ripe with unspoken emotion they ripped at my heart.

“Hi,” I said, not willing to risk saying more than one word.

“Fawn—”

A cry from Maria’s room cut off his words and gave me a reprieve from whatever he was going to say. I broke his gaze and moved quickly to get out of bed. His hand on my arm stilled me.

“Stay,” he said. “I’ll take care of her.”

He got up and I watched him as he dressed, sad to see his muscled body covered but grateful for the few moments of space. When he was gone, I flopped against the mattress, hating the crushing sadness that threatened to come over me but not able to change it.

What did I have to be sad about?

I lived in a beautiful home, knew that I need only ask for any material thing I wanted. I had a man who loved me, one who wouldn’t hurt me, a child who had given my life new meaning.

So there was nothing to be sad about.

This yearning would pass, and Vasile and I would go on, living together as a family.

That would have to be enough.

Vasile was right. He hadn’t said why, but marriage would change things, rock the boat, and I wouldn’t make his life harder.

What we had was good, better than, and it was enough. With that last thought, I got out of bed. I had plans for the day, and I wouldn’t waste any more time feeling sorry for myself or wishing for something I couldn’t have.

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