Sunset Embrace (Coleman Family Saga Book 1) by Sandra Brown

Author:Sandra Brown [Brown, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2015-11-30T18:30:00+00:00

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Ross turned his back to the dancers and dipped his cup into the bottom of the beer barrel. He was stonily furious. He was green with jealousy. He was more than a little drunk. The latter was the only one of those conditions he could control, but he didn’t want to. He tossed down another cup of beer, wishing it were whiskey so he would get drunk quicker.

What the hell did he care if she flaunted herself in front of a Milquetoast like Hill? Let him have her. As soon as they got to Texas and established residency, he would start divorce proceedings. Everything was still haywire in this part of the country since the war. Surely a divorce wouldn’t be that hard to obtain.

Reflexively, he rocked back and forth on the balls of his feet, his fury building as he tried to attune himself to the ribald tale Mr. Appleton was telling. Everyone else seemed to be hanging on to every lewd word. All Ross concentrated on was keeping his gaze off Lydia who smiled up into Hill’s face. She had never looked at him like that. He found her sensuously curving mouth and the voluptuous way her body swayed to the music repulsive. At least, that what’s he told himself.

She was deliberately making a fool of him, that’s what she was doing. Dancing with her highfalutin’ friend was her way of pointing up her husband’s shortcomings. Well, by God, he wasn’t going to stand here and be made a fool of by that chit he had been roped into marrying. If he had to carry her off by that wild head of hair—

Where was she?

Ross had turned around to scan the frenzied dancers. His intoxicated eyes tried to focus on the couples, but after several minutes passed and he couldn’t locate either Lydia or Winston, he dropped his tin cup in the dust and began to shove his way through the noisy crowd.

“Hey, Coleman, watch out—”

“Where you goin’, Ross?”

“Ross, get enough to drink?”

“Where’s your lady—”

He was impervious to everything around him. He felt the familiar tension building. The violence in him rose and filled his pores, seeking an outlet. He hadn’t felt it so powerfully since that last job he had pulled with Jesse and Frank. His fists balled mechanically; automatically he felt for the holster and its lethal cargo. It wasn’t there, but still he stalked through the crowd, intent on finding his betraying wife and her paramour.

“Ross, I told the girls to take Lee back to our wagon and put him to bed so you and Lydia can stay at the party as long as you like,” Ma said, when he passed by her. He gazed down at her with unseeing eyes. “Leave him in our wagon till morning. No need to—”

“Where is she?” he hissed.

Ma had been watching him for an hour and knew that he was reeking with jealousy. She had the wisdom not to smile. Instead she let her eyes wander over the dancers.

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