Mail Order Bride: CLEAN Western Historical Romance: Denial of the Resistant Bride (Three Brides of Haines Press Book2) by Faye Sonja

Author:Faye Sonja [Sonja, Faye]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Speedy Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter SIX

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“ Joe wasn’t waiting for a good woman. He

wasn’t waiting for anyone, but Clara Cain. ”

Clara walked quickly down the street to Haines Press. She saw nothing and talked to no one on her way. Once inside, she paused and turned, looking at her book that was still on display. Tears threatened to break from their place in her eyes. A hand touched her shoulder and she jumped. It was Eve. Eve held up her hands. “What are you doing here, Clara? What’s wrong?” Clara shook her head, but didn’t back away when Eve touched her again. Eve started towards the back of the building. “Let’s go to my office.” They’d just closed the door behind them when the first tear slid down Clara’s cheek. She hadn’t cried in years and here she was, crying for the second time in less than a week. She wiped at the tear, wondering why her life was what it was.

Florence came through the door, closing it behind her. She went to Clara. “I saw you come in. Are you alright?”

Eve helped Clara into a chair that sat in front of her desk. The office was small, and outside of the plaques that hung from the walls, it was dull, even more so to Clara’s eyes. The room needed more color.

Florence came to kneel in front of Clara’s chair. “What happened?”

Eve knelt on the other side, but didn’t speak. Eve wasn’t a woman of many words unless she was fighting a man. Clara choked on a laugh. Eve barely did that anymore; fight men. Robert made Eve happy to the point that Eve was barely Eve anymore. “Joe tried to kiss me,” Clara said.

Florence and Eve shared a look and then turned back to her. Florence grabbed Clara’s hand. “So, why are you crying?”

Clara frowned. “I just told you.”

Eve looked down and then back up again. “Clara, please. Tell us the whole story.” And so she did, not leaving anything out. The two women before her knew all of her terrible secrets; what was one more? When she’d finished, Florence and Eve were both sitting with their legs crossed on the floor. Clara felt awkward looking down on them so she pushed the chair back and joined them there. Robert walked in. Eve said, “Leave.” He didn’t ask questions. He just smiled, spun on his heels and left.

The women smiled. Clara said, “I like Robert.”

Florence laughed. “Yeah, he makes it easy.” She frowned.

Clara looked at her. “Thinking about Ben?”

Florence narrowed her eyes. Her lavender eye color was vivid today with her purple flapper dress. “We’ll talk about your life before we talk about mine. Joe is right. You can’t use him like that; especially when he’s so in love with you.”

Clara shook her head. “He’s not in love with me.”

Eve sighed. “You’re going to ruin this, aren’t you?”

“Ruin what?”

Eve threw her hands up. “You and Joe. You’re going to miss your chance. You’re going to let your father ruin the rest of your life from over a thousand miles away.

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