Pirate's Promise by Smith Bobbi

Author:Smith, Bobbi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Evan Marshall Agency
Published: 2019-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-two

Becky could not sleep. For most of the long hours of darkness, she'd merely stayed in bed, alone with her thoughts. So much had happened and in such a short period of time that her mind was awhirl with the importance of all of it. She thought of Adam and Lianne and their forced marriage, and she said a little prayer that it would all work out.

The memory of Adam's confession concerning his real reason for being involved with Suzanne troubled her deeply, and his obstinate refusal to give up on his vendetta against Shark worried her even more. She wanted him to put it from him, to concentrate on his new wife and unborn baby, but there was no reasoning with Adam on the subject. Every time one of the messages from Dr. Williams came telling him that Elise still had made no progress, his mood turned black. He was held in the grasp of his obsessive need for revenge, and she wondered if it would ever end.

Becky was feeling overwhelmed as she thought of how complicated everything had become. Just a day ago at the party, she'd been trying to figure out a way to get Adam and Lianne together. For all her plans, she had never expected anything like this. Even Beau had been surprised by the speed with which it had all come about.

At the thought of Beau, Becky signed wistfully. He was so wonderful. Ever since the trouble had begun, he'd been there for her, helping her in any way he could. They had been so caught up in making all the arrangements of the wedding that there had been no time for them to have another private moment together. She had not had the chance to say any more about her true feelings for him.

Now that the wedding was over and life would be returning to some form of normalcy, she wished that she had more time with him. It was not possible this trip, though, for he was leaving early in the morning to return to the ship.

The prospect of not seeing him again for perhaps months on end left Becky feeling disconsolate. She yearned to be with him. She loved him, and she didn't want to be separated from him. She wanted to know his kiss once more and feel the exquisite joy of his touch. A coil of aching ecstasy built in the heart of her as she remembered their few minutes alone together in the study, and she wondered what would have happened had they not been interrupted.

For one wild instant, Becky considered stowing away on the Sea Shadow just to be near him, but she quickly discarded the idea. She was too old for such game-playing. No, if she wanted Beau, she was just going to have to go after him . . . and the sooner the better. For when he left Belle Arbor, he was going to return to New Orleans and that barmaid Katie . .

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