RNWMP: Bride for Nolan (Mail Order Mounties Book 3) by Cassie Hayes & Mail Order Mounties

Author:Cassie Hayes & Mail Order Mounties [Hayes, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-07-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Disappointment gripped Nolan’s heart so tightly as he closed the door, he thought the lump in his chest might just turn into a diamond. Not just because he wouldn’t be having ‘apple pie’ — that hardly mattered anymore. What mattered was leaving Tilly behind.

This had been the happiest time of his life. They’d laughed, shared stories, and really become friends. Best friends. And now that she’d finally let down all her defenses, he had to leave her. Probably not for more than a week, but Nolan couldn’t imagine spending even a day away from her now.

But this mission was not only his job, it was his duty. As a Mountie, he’d taken an oath to defend the law, and as far as he was concerned, that oath was as sacred as his marriage vows. Didn’t mean he had to like it.

“Well, I guess I’d better go pack,” he said with a resigned sigh.

Tilly frowned at him as if he’d just insulted her. “You mean we’d better go pack.”

“We?” Nolan must have heard wrong. He shook his head to clear whatever was causing the impairment. “What?”

Tilly brushed past him with a sniff and headed for the bedroom. “I’m going too. You can’t get rid of me that easily, Mr. Wheeler!”

Nolan ran after her, completely confused. “Tilly, a mission like this is no place for a lady.”

He stopped in the doorway, uncertain if he should enter her private space. His father had always taught him discretion was the better part of valor, so he stood just outside and poked his head in.

Tilly pulled her ratty old carpetbag from the top of the wardrobe, then opened the door to the large cabinet. She stood with one hand perched on her hip, the forefinger of her other hand tapping her lips as she perused the contents. Nolan thought it was probably the most adorable thing he’d ever seen.

“What do you think you’re doing, Tilly?”

She glanced over her shoulder, then turned back to the task at hand. “Have you suddenly gone blind as well as deaf? I’m packing.”

“Didn’t you hear me? This kind of mission—“

“Yes, yes,” she said, flapping a hand at him dismissively. “I’m still going.”

Nolan sighed in frustration. “If you’re expecting Prince Rupert to be more…cosmopolitan than Squirrel Ridge Junction, it’s not. It’s a rough and tumble fishing town, Tilly. It’s no place for a lady like you.”

She turned a withering glare at him. “Do you think so little of me, Nolan?”

“What? No! I just…I…um…” He was more confused than ever.

“Nolan,” she said, her expression softening, “I don’t need big cities anymore. I admit at first I was wary, but I’ve grown to love this little town. The only problem I’m having is feeling useful, especially now that Silas is better. I know I can be of use in Prince Rupert.”

“I don’t know, Tilly,” he said, still unconvinced. “The train is pretty uncomfortable.”

She gave him a funny look, and it took him a minute to figure it out.

“Oh, right. That’s how you got here in the first place.

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