The Courting of Widow Shaw by Charlene Sands

Author:Charlene Sands
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781460309360
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2004-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Glory spent the day inside the house, happy to have a plan in mind to keep from thinking about Steven’s declaration this morning. No matter what he claimed, Glory had to hold firm to her resolve. Steven Harding had been brutally honest. She supposed she should be grateful that he’d warned her outright, but his warning did nothing to quell her burgeoning curiosity.

It doesn’t mean I don’t crave your body next to mine at night.

A shudder ran through her. She recalled those bold words and the look in his eyes when he spoke them to her.

Steven made her feel things she thought she’d never feel again. He made her wonder if there could be more between a man and a woman than what Glory had come to know with Boone. Something inside told her Steven was a much different man than Boone. Sadly, she realized, she could never truly find out exactly what those differences were. She couldn’t and wouldn’t explore her feelings for Steven.

Glory kept busy and tried to forget her plight for the time being, pouring her concentration into something far more productive. She made curtains for the kitchen using the blue patterned material that Lorene Harding had given her. It had taken her only half the day to fashion them to fit over the window. There were no curtain rods in Steven’s ranch house, so she’d tacked the material up and made ties that could be pulled back and hooked to allow sunlight in. Standing back to gaze at her creation, she decided she liked the afternoon light coming in from the west window.

The rest of the day, she worked on a dress for herself. Finally, she’d have a practical dress to wear that covered her decently from neck to ankles.

Lorene had thought of everything, from a variety of sewing needles and matching threads to buttons and yards of thin lace. Lorene had even included a copy of Harper’s Bazaar that showed patterns that Glory could reproduce and enlarge to fit her size.

Glory hummed a happy tune while cutting out the pattern and afterward she took each and every stitch to heart, making sure they were tidy and even. She had always prided herself on her sewing talents. Today, her mood couldn’t be more lighthearted, so when Steven walked into the parlor, she smiled up at him with a big grin.

“What’s got you in such a happy mood?” he asked, removing his hat from his head.

“I think I’m just happy to be doing something.” She continued to make one straight, even stitch after another, keeping focused on the shoulder seams of her newest creation.

“I saw the curtains you made for the kitchen.”

She looked up from her stitching, wondering if Steven liked them. She couldn’t tell from his tone.

“Pretty. I never thought I’d…that is, I never thought the room could look so nice.”

“They do brighten the kitchen, don’t they?”

He nodded slowly, then ran a hand through his hair. It was early in the day. She hadn’t expected

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