Promise Me Forever by Janelle Taylor

Author:Janelle Taylor [Janelle Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington

Chapter 13

Rachel wondered if Dan was trying to sound casual but was really tense. It was best to be honest. “Some from the plantation, from poisons used to kill rodent and weeds. Some from Craig, about chemicals used in the textile and milling processes. And some from doctors during the investigations of me. Does it make you nervous to discover I know so much about those things?”

“Don’t be foolish,” Dan scolded. “You said Phillip might have been poisoned; I wanted to know how you came to that speculation. It’s evident Craig didn’t think you were capable of murder or he wouldn’t have told you such things. Did you have other suitors between your husbands?”

That took her by surprise. “That’s a strange question.”

“From a jealous lover?” he teased. “There isn’t anyone around who’s going to battle me over you now that you’re free again, is there?”

“No. The only men who approached me were making lewd advances. They wanted to bed me but not risk becoming one of my victims. Most of them shied away in terror of me putting an evil spell on them.”

“Ah, fear of the Sea Witch stealing their souls,” he jested.

“Can you be so sure of me this soon, Dan? You’ve heard the rumors and you’ve witnessed what the law thinks of me. You know I buried Phillip in secret, and you only have my word for why I did it. I could be lying about everything. How can you trust me?”

“The same way you can trust me, Rachel—on blind faith and feelings.”

Should she confess that her heart coaxed her to accept him swiftly and totally, but her wary mind cautioned her to go slowly and to hold back from committing herself fully? She wanted to follow her heart, but her bad experiences with men warned her to listen to her keen mind. “I suppose I’m just anxious about how rapidly and unexpectedly we got so close. I worry about making another mistake with a man. I have to be certain it’s you I need, not just a man to protect me when I’m so vulnerable and afraid.”

“After what you’ve suffered, I can’t blame you for having doubts and worries about all men. Complete faith and love will come, Rachel, if you don’t fight it out of fear I’m like all the others who’ve hurt and used you.”

“You aren’t like any man I’ve ever known. Maybe that scares me more. Your power frightens me sometimes. You, Daniel Slade, can hurt me more than anyone has if you aren’t being honest and sincere.”

“The same is true of you, my enchanting siren. No woman has been this close and special to me. I want you so much that, even if I learned you were guilty of being a Black Widow, I would still love you and want you; I would believe the power of our love is strong enough to break that curse on you. I never thought a woman would get to me as you have. You’re right; it is scary.

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