Royal Desires: Regency Romance Collection by Ponderosa Publishing

Author:Ponderosa Publishing [Publishing, Ponderosa]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

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Two years had come and gone. No longer did Grace look out the window every morning she woke up, or every time the sun was about to set. For the last few weeks, she gave up all hope. She still loved him, but she had come to terms with the fact that he must have found the affections of another, and he would not return to her.

All she wanted now was for John to tell her. A simple acknowledgement that she was his first love, but that it wasn't meant to be. Was it that hard? It was the polite thing to do, wasn't it?

She needed to get over him, but the longing to know nagged at her. It tore at her soul. She didn't want to feel this way anymore, to feel the pull that he had on her heart.

Grace closed her curtain and turned up to Heaven once more.

"Dear Gott, I know now that John is not coming back for me, but the pain is too much for me to bear. I can't take this anymore, and I fear that if I continue like this I may do something stupid just to distract me from the pain I feel deep inside my heart. But you said that I will not be tempted beyond what I can bear, and when I am tempted that you will make the way of escape.

"I need to escape this, Lord. I need to escape this right now. I can't take it anymore. I just can't. I'm not strong enough," Grace said.

She was mentally and physically exhausted. The months of waiting and uncertainty had taken their toll. After she finished her prayer she plopped down on her bed and fell asleep.

When she woke from her rest, she heard sound of the horses’ hooves and the clanking of the buggy as it approached her barn house. It moved closer, and she watched to see who would come out of it.

It was a young man. He looked familiar, aged a couple years with wisdom and experience. He walked up to her front door and knocked.

Grace rushed to open the door. Her hands could barely function properly as she fumbled to turn the lock and then the doorknob.

"John!" Grace said, not sure what else to say after the long absence.

"Grace, it's so good to see you again."

She stood there, waiting for him to say something or at least to give her a signal.

"How have you been? I heard that you found someone else before I Ieft for Pittsburgh. One of my roommates said that he saw you with Jesse at the store. Are you with Jesse now?"

"Oh, my Gott. No way! If I had found somebody else, it wouldn't have been Jesse. That's for sure. He's always been a jerk. And I haven't found anyone else either. I've been waiting for you, but I just assumed that you're the one who found somebody else, so have you?" Grace asked.

"No. I've had a few girls try to talk to me, but I couldn't get over you, even though I thought you were with Jesse.

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