The Bargain Mail Order Bride by Ruth Ann Nordin

Author:Ruth Ann Nordin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, sex, historical romance, bargain, secret past, mail order bride, historical western romance, marriage of convenience
Publisher: Ruth Ann Nordin

Chapter Thirteen

The next morning, Juliet woke up before Carl did. She kept quiet as she got dressed. The cabin was much warmer than it’d been yesterday morning, which made her glad she had insisted he sleep in here instead of the barn loft. Even if he slept on the floor, at least he was better off than he’d been out there.

Once she was finished putting on one of her dresses, she pinned her hair back into a bun. Today they would go to Caroline and Eric’s to have lunch. She glanced outside to see if they’d gotten more snow. No. They hadn’t. That should make the trip into town easy enough.

She didn’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed. It might be fun to talk to Caroline and Allie again. The two were nice women, and she had enjoyed their company when they’d come out to visit. It might even be nice for Carl to be able to talk to someone other than her. Even if they got along much better than she thought they ever would when she came up here to marry him, there were things men could talk to other men about that they couldn’t discuss with women. Her time with her brothers had taught her that.

But every time she was around other people, she risked the chance she’d expose something that might make them suspicious about her. With Carl, she was safe. He already knew she was hiding something. More than that, he had accepted it. Never once had he tried to wiggle more information from her. The others, however, might not give her such leniency.

Well, she had agreed to go to the lunch, so she was stuck with it. As long as she was careful in what she said, everything should be fine.

She turned from the window and started on breakfast. This time of day was one of her favorites. Things were still quiet, and that allowed her plenty of time to think over everything. At the moment, she was debating what she might ask Caroline and Allie to keep the focus on them instead of her.

She’d come up with a couple of topics by the time Carl woke up. With a glance at him, she smiled. “Good morning.”

Carl rubbed his eyes. “What time is it?”

“Hold on.” She placed the eggs onto their plates then grabbed the pocket watch from her trunk. “It’s five after eight.”

He jerked into a sitting position. “I shouldn’t have slept in so late.”

“You were tired. You didn’t get much sleep the night before since you were freezing in the barn.”

He retrieved his boots and slipped them on. “I wasn’t freezing.”

“You might as well have been by the way you were shivering. It took a half hour to warm you up enough so that you could come in here.”

“It didn’t take that long.”

“If not, then it was close to it.” She caught the exasperated expression on his face, so she continued, “I’m not trying to argue with you, Carl. I just want to make sure you stay in good health, that’s all.

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