Mail Order Bride: Deception (Historical Western Romance): Clean Romance Series (Western Mail Order Brides Book 1) by Samantha Price

Author:Samantha Price [Price, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-27T04:00:00+00:00

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Leah carried the sleeping baby back into the house. Violet was so much heavier when she was asleep. She had hoped that Austin would be there to carry Violet up the stairs, but he was nowhere to be seen. She carried Violet up the stairs by herself, and when she had placed her in her crib, she stroked her hair. Leah waited to be sure that Violet would not wake before she left the room.

She went downstairs to look for Austin, and found him in the living room. “We had the best time. Violet was so good, you have a wonderful daughter.” She chattered nervously, gathering the courage to tell him the truth about herself. Leah didn’t notice that he wasn’t paying attention to her until she saw him sitting still, a piece of paper in his hand. “Something wrong?” She had hoped to find him in a good mood before she told him of her true identity.

“Well…” He handed her the letter. “I suppose you could say that.”

She took the paper in her hand, unfolded it, and then collapsed into the nearest chair. She read the letter carefully, and then looked up at him. “I can explain.”

“It’s true?” he asked, his voice croaking. “You aren’t Victoria, are you?”

She slowly shook her head. She’d known it was bound to come out, and just wished that she had been the one to tell him. It was too awful that he’d found out in this way. “I’m sorry. I just…”

“Who are you?” he asked, through clenched teeth.

“Leah Morgan.” This time, the truth was her only option. “I have no parents, no family. I’m actually not sure whether my father is alive or dead, I haven’t seen or heard from him in over ten years. I bought a train ticket with what little money I had, and came here.” She could feel tears stinging the back of her eyes. “I didn’t want to hurt any of you, Violet, Beth… you’ve all been so nice.”

“You didn’t have the decency to tell me? Instead, you went along with a lie, and you deceived my mother, and everyone else? You have no right to be here.” His words were loud, and his face was red with rage.

It would do no good to say that she’d come back early from her day with Violet to tell him the truth. He wouldn’t believe anything she said now, and she couldn’t blame him. “I know. I should have never lied, but I truly wanted to belong somewhere. It felt nice for someone to want me for a change - to feel like I belonged somewhere.”

“Victoria… I mean, Leah, don’t you get it? Every part of this relationship began with a lie. I thought you were someone else, so how can that be okay?”

“It’s not,” she replied. “I know it’s not, but it was too late to do anything about it. When I said I was Victoria, I didn’t know that Victoria was set to marry you. That was the last thing on my mind.

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