Rose_Bride of Colorado by Margery Scott

Author:Margery Scott [Scott, Margery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Victorian Era, western, Thirty-Eight In Series, saga, Fifty-Books, Forty-Five Authors, Newspaper Ad, short story, American Mail-Order Bride, Bachelor, Single Woman, marriage of convenience, Christian, Religious, Faith, inspirational, Factory Burned, Pioneer, Colorado, Rancher, Cedar Valley, Advertisies, Best Friend, Family Scandal, Boston Socialite, Past Secrets, Friendship
Publisher: Margery Scott
Published: 2015-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Dawn hadn’t yet broken over the mountains when Rose woke the next morning. Charlie was lying on his side, his arm draped over her waist, his fingers splayed on her abdomen.

Already, she’d grown accustomed to the sound of his even breathing, the touch of his lips, the scent of leather and soap that was uniquely his.

She smiled into the darkness. She’d been so afraid to take this step, to become a mail-order bride. Yet it seemed as though she’d made the right choice.

Charlie was a good man. She already knew that. He was kind, thoughtful … and obviously had the patience of a saint. His kisses the night before had created such a longing in her for something … something she couldn’t explain or describe … but she was still too afraid to allow him to do more than kiss her.

He’d been frustrated. That had been evident. But he’d taken it in stride and when she’d called a halt to their intimacy, he’d gone outside. She was asleep by the time he came back in.

She liked him. A lot. Even when he was being so … male.

From what she’d seen, his family was wealthy, even wealthier than hers had been before … The memory of that day assaulted her - the humiliation, the disparaging looks from people she’d thought were her friends, the way they suddenly avoided her to the point of even crossing the street rather than speak to her.

Charlie had kept his family’s wealth a secret. She remembered the wording in the advertisement exactly and there was nothing to indicate he was anything but a small-time rancher.

And as long as she kept her own secret, she wouldn’t have to worry. There was no reason his family would ever have to find out about the scandal that sent her fleeing from home. And no reason to think less of her.

They could have a good life here, and even though right now she didn’t know how to cook, clean, do laundry or any of the other chores a ranch wife was expected to do, she could learn. She would learn to be a good wife to him, a good mother to his children.

She rested her hand on top of his, her small fingers on his work-roughened skin. For a moment, she wondered how it would feel to be with child. Her heart filled with joy at the prospect of becoming a mother. But that wasn’t going to happen unless she allowed Charlie to exercise his marital rights.

His kisses caused sensations unlike any she’d ever known to surge through her body, sensations of need, of pleasure, of wanting something she couldn’t define. Would making love be even better? Even more pleasurable? She couldn’t imagine it, but during the long night with Charlie lying beside her, she couldn’t help but wonder.

Faint light brightened the curtains at the window. Suddenly, the rooster crowed, and Charlie woke. His hair, tousled from sleep, curled on his forehead, his chin shadowed with dark hair. He smiled when he saw her watching him.

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