One Heart to Win by Johanna Lindsey

Author:Johanna Lindsey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Historical, General
ISBN: 9781476714301
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2013-06-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

TIFFANY COULDN’T SLEEP, EVEN though she was tired. She stood at the open window for a while, which faced the back of the house and all the outbuildings, not that she could see any of them in the darkness other than the bunkhouse, where a lantern was still burning. Her room was uncomfortably warm tonight because, as she’d done in the kitchen, she’d had to close the two windows on the north wall of the bedroom when a gust of wind came in so strong it knocked an old painting off the wall. She was hoping to catch a little breeze at the back window, the only one she’d left open, but the wind was blowing in the other direction.

The rain hadn’t started yet, but thick clouds were racing past the moon, obscuring it. She wouldn’t see the men when they returned unless they lit a lamp at the stable, and she doubted that she’d hear them either with the wind howling occasionally. But as late as it was, it didn’t look as if they would come back tonight. Women and booze. The booze probably made it unsafe for them to ride home until they sobered up. Or the threatening storm would make them decide to stay inside where it was dry. She could just imagine where Hunter was keeping dry tonight.

He was the reason she felt so unsettled tonight, and knowing that he’d gone to town to see his paramour. He was probably with Pearl at that very moment. He’d asked her to wait up for him when he was on his way to see another woman!

Anna might be right, that what he did prior to the wedding was irrelevant, yet he was cheating on her right before he was supposed to start courting her! He should be wrapping up his casual affairs instead of trying to start a new one with Jennifer. But was he really doing that? He’d almost kissed her today, yes, but he might consider that nothing to raise a brow over. And he’d obviously just been teasing her with those kisses on her neck in the kitchen. He couldn’t know the powerful effect they had had on her.

Even though she didn’t care for his behavior, she hoped Hunter could help her defuse the feud without her having to sacrifice herself to do so. His cavalier, seductive behavior and what he’d told her at the unfinished house by the lake actually suggested that he did not want to honor the arranged marriage either. Once she stopped impersonating Jennifer, she needed to discuss that with him without letting her anger get in the way. And why the devil was she even angry at him when he was supplying her with the perfect reason for why she wouldn’t marry him. She ought to let him prove it beyond a doubt. He was certainly trying to—if it wasn’t all innocent play with him.

She went back to bed and started counting sheep. She was still tossing and turning a little while later when she heard a voice in the hallway.

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