Spring Blossom by Jill Metcalf

Author:Jill Metcalf [Metcalf, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance, family, historical, romance novel, heart of america
Publisher: Jill Metcalf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

During the few remaining hours before they reached Hunter’s home, Maggie had ample opportunity to mull over his morning games of kissing. It was true she had noticed something she’d never before experienced when she had kissed him, when he had lightly caressed her. And it caused her considerable concern. She was confused and somewhat anxious now because, quite simply, she wanted to experience more. The control he had granted her, the nearness of their bodies and their lips and the sensations that had stunned her, made her wonder just how much more he would allow before he became the typical male and took malicious charge of the situation between them. It was true that the touch of his hand had produced in her a yearning that stemmed from her imagination; from a girl’s dreams of what it would be like to be touched in other places by a man of her choosing; to be touched gently, tenderly, as he had touched her face. She realized these thoughts were futile and tried to shrug them off. After all, they were just dreams and, as she now knew, had no basis in reality. Besides, he probably hadn’t liked her kisses. How could he? She was completely lacking in experience and, added to that flaw, she was no longer pretty.

She stared at his hands as they capably held the reins of the matched bays. She had watched those hands quiet a nervous animal and knew them to be gentle, but she had also watched those hands lift and work, and she knew them to be extremely strong. Margaret also knew that the day would come when he would put those hands on her with more in mind that a silly game of kissing, and she could not help but shudder at the thought.

Hunter’s attention was drawn to her as the quiver that ran through her body brought their shoulders into brief contact. “What’s wrong?” he asked, suddenly breaking the long silence.

“Nothing.”

His frown deepened when she would not look at him. “’Nothing’ would not set you to trembling. Are you ill?”

“I’m not ill.”

“Why does genuine concern make you snappish?” he prodded.

Still feeling peevish, she countered his question with one of her own. “Why did you marry me?”

He was startled by her question and pulled back on the reins to halt the bays even as he turned on the wagon seat to face her. “Where did that come from?”

Margaret’s right hand rose and fell in agitation as she continued to stare straight ahead. “I’ve asked myself since morning why you really married me and I can’t come up with a logical answer.”

Hunter softened his demeanor in the face of her anxiety; he realized her mind must have been working frantically for the past hour or two. He placed both sets of reins in his right hand and attempted to turn her face in his direction. “Look at me,” he said softly when she stubbornly refused to look at him. He dropped his hand to his lap then, not wanting to use physical pressure to make her turn.

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