Love's Legacy by Amanda Mariel

Author:Amanda Mariel
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2015-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Rebecca paced across the parlor. What had she been thinking agreeing to let him call on her? There could never be anything between them. She’d not allow herself to wind up like Daphne, a widow with a baby after barely three seasons. Her heartbeat raced.

Then again, the war had come to an end. Perhaps she had no reason to fear a relationship with Camden. So long as there was no war, he could not die in battle. Besides, he’d not asked for her hand, only to call on her. She turned and stalked back across the room.

“Would you please cease that incessant pacing? You’re making me dizzy.” Phoebe sighed, placing her needlepoint on the mahogany table beside her. “You act like you are headed for the gallows.”

Rebecca stopped at the window. “I may well be.”

Phoebe arched one brow. “Don’t be so dramatic. Captain Le Bec is a perfectly respectable gentleman, and Mother arranged for you to be chaperoned.”

Rebecca peered out the window toward the long drive leading to her home. If Phoebe knew how disreputable Camden truly was, she would forbid the courtship herself. Rebecca touched her lips recalling the kisses she and Camden had shared. Her stomach fluttered. Would he kiss her again? She hoped he would. Her cheeks warmed, and she waved her fan in an attempt to cool them.

What madness possessed her? She belonged in Bedlam for having such a thought. Even more so for surrendering to him as she had. He could have carried her up to his bed and she would not have complained so long as he continued to kiss her. She was not safe with him. Not as long as her body betrayed her in such a way as it had. She turned back to Phoebe.

“I can’t go through with this. Tell him I have a headache, I’m going to my room.” She moved toward the parlor door.

Phoebe stood, her eyes rounded, jaw slackened “I will do no such thing.” She stepped into Rebecca’s path. “You agreed to spend time with him today and you shall. Now stop being a goose.”

“I’m not being a goose. I have legitimate reasons for not wanting to be around him.” She slapped her fan against her leg.

“Being a soldier is not a legitimate reason for refusing a courtship.” Phoebe placed her hand on Rebecca’s shoulder. “Rowland would not have wished for you to behave in such a way. Our brother loved being a soldier and knew the risk he took.”

Rebecca’s eyes stung with unshed tears, and she blinked them away. “Sometimes I hate him for getting killed, and for leaving us and his sweet baby behind. Nothing is the same anymore. I miss him so much.” She sniffed. “I will not become like Daphne. My heart breaks anew every time I see her.”

“I understand, I swear I do. But it makes no difference who you marry. You can’t guarantee they will live as long as you do. People die young every day and war is seldom the culprit.

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