Mail Order Bride: Ramona (Orphan Brides Go West Book 2) by Holt Vivi

Author:Holt, Vivi [Holt, Vivi]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: Ramona
Published: 2016-03-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Michael

Michael kept sneaking sidelong glances at the woman sitting next to him in the wagon. He still couldn’t believe she was here. To Michael, Ramona—with her exotic mountain of curls and huge brown eyes— looked just like the glamorous women he’d seen on stage at the Austin Theater. He’d been to see a show with Tony and one of his many beaus the previous year. Ramona looked like she should be on stage, not marrying someone like him. She was sitting so close to him in the wagon Michael was becoming even more nervous with each passing moment. He pondered over what he could say to her to break the awkward silence that had descended between them, but even when he finally thought of something his throat seemed to constrict and he couldn’t speak.

Luckily for him, Ramona was both talkative, and seemingly oblivious to how nervous he was. She broke the silence between them happily, and filled the night air with her silken voice. Her chatter helped him to relax a little as he guided the horse and wagon around town and home to his newly built, little, house. In the weeks since he had first decided to find a bride, Michael had purchased a new home, built by one of Tony’s cousins. It was small but quaint and in a good neighborhood that was filling up with similar newly built houses. Ramona nattered happily about her trip to Austin, and then moved on, telling Michael all about her dreams of singing and dancing on Broadway.

“I’ve been dancing since I was four years old,” she said, craning her neck to take in her surroundings in the dark city. “It’s always been my dream to sing and dance on stage.”

She sounds a little sad.

Michael slapped Sadie with the reins, and she jumped forward into a quick trot.

“Austin is quite a modern town, really,” Michael said quietly. “There are a lot of artistic types here. I think you’ll fit in just fine,” he said.

Ramona paused for a second before she nodded her head quickly and smiled brightly. “Perhaps.”

They navigated their way through the construction site of the capital building where Michael worked. He pointed out the area where he was currently working, and told her a little about his job. He told her about the foreman, and about Tony.

“Tony’s always been there for me, since I don’t have any family in these parts. He’s Italian too, you know? Like you.”

“Oh?” she said. “I look forward to meeting him. You’ll have to introduce us soon,” Ramona said.

Then, furrowing her brow a little she added. “Michael, you don’t know anyone who works at the University of Texas, do you?”

Michael shook his head as the wagon left the construction site and headed toward the neighborhood where Michael’s small house sat perched on a crest. “No, sorry,” he said. “I don’t know anyone in those circles.”

“Oh,” Ramona said, leaning back against the seat. Michael heard the disappointment in her voice.

“Why do you ask?”

“No reason,” Ramona said quickly.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.