Married In Haste by Ruth Ann Nordin

Author:Ruth Ann Nordin
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: comedy, marriage, humor, scandal, bride, virgin hero, mismatched couple, clumsy lady, stuffy hero, uptight hero
Publisher: Ruth Ann Nordin

Chapter Fourteen

The next morning, Ava decided to have breakfast brought up to her in her bedchamber. The last thing she wanted to do was be the cause of another fight between Brad and Stephen. Maybe without her in the room, they would get through a meal without arguing.

Besides, this gave her time to think over what she would say to Opal when she paid her a visit. She wasn’t in the habit of asking for things, and it was going to be difficult to come to Opal in hopes that Opal would do her a favor. It wasn’t that she thought Opal would say no. Opal was the nicest person she’d ever come across. It was just hard to admit Ava couldn’t do this on her own. By doing this, she was admitting that she was incapable of winning her husband’s affections without someone else’s assistance.

Ava ended up spending all morning in her bedchamber. By the time she had figured out the words she wanted to say when she made her petition to Opal, the butler informed her that she had a visitor in the drawing room.

“It’s Miss Wilmington,” the butler told her.

Miss Wilmington? Where had she heard that name before? She knew she’d heard it recently.

“Tell her I’ll be right down,” Ava replied.

The only way she was going to remember the lady was if she went down and saw her. But before she could do that, she needed to get dressed. Since she hadn’t left her bedchamber all morning, she hadn’t bothered getting out of her nightclothes. Not wishing to keep her visitor waiting too long, she decided to dress herself. When she was done styling her hair, she rushed down to the drawing room.

As soon as she saw the lady, she remembered her. Of course! Miss Wilmington was the nice person who had helped her and Opal pick out the gown yesterday.

“I’m sorry I kept you waiting,” Ava said as she hurried over to her.

Unfortunately, the edge of her gown caught onto a nail that was poking out from a small table as she passed it. She jerked back, and a part of the fabric ripped.

“Oh dear!” Sure her face was red from embarrassment, Ava turned her attention to the table and tried to get her gown free from the nail without doing further damage to it. “I’m so sorry.”

Miss Wilmington got up from the settee and helped her to remove the gown safely from the nail. She clucked her tongue and examined the nail. “This wasn’t your fault. This is the fault of whoever made the table. A craftsman should know better than to sell an inferior object to someone, especially when that someone is as wealthy as your husband. Your husband could warn others not to buy his furniture. Such a thing would hurt his business.”

“No, it wasn’t the craftsman’s fault. This kind of thing happens to me from time to time. When I’m not careful, I bump into things.”

“You mustn’t pay the craftsman such a compliment.

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