The Langston Brothers Series: Complete Boxed Set by Melissa Lynne Blue

Author:Melissa Lynne Blue [Blue, Melissa Lynne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3
Published: 2014-07-20T23:00:00+00:00

Twenty-seven

The day was unseasonably warm as Cadence perched on the wooden swing hung from the towering oak in front of the Highland manse. She turned her face upward, gazing through the tangle of ancient branches. The gnarly arms of the tree stretched bare and forlorn as fingers beckoning the sun to bring back the warmth of a happier season. The countryside could be described as drab at best. The snow had already melted, robbing the season of its glittering white brilliance and leaving naught but brown grass and mud with the hope of spring in winter’s wake. The brown landscape did little to buoy lagging spirits.

Using her feet to gain momentum, she rocked back and forth, listening to the soothing creak of rope rubbing across the sturdy branch. She’d had to escape the house, feeling all too well the cool gaze of her father-in-law. Robert Langston had not even nodded in greeting when she and Curtis had arrived late that morning. Cadence had stepped into the hall and caught a glimpse of him standing before a large poster window in his study to the left of the main hall. His only acknowledgement of their presence had been to sneer through the open door.

Curtis appeared in the yard, striding toward the swing, successfully halting the dour trail of her thoughts. He stepped behind the swing, catching her in his arms when momentum swung her back, and spun her playfully before holding her close, smiling. “I’ve been looking everywhere for you.” He dropped kiss on her nose. “Enjoying the warm weather?”

“Yes,” she couldn’t help but smile back at him.

“Are you feeling all right?” Curtis wrapped a hand around the barely palpable bump in her abdomen, pressing a kiss to her cheek.

“Would you please stop asking me that?” Turning on the wooden seat of the swing she grinned into his twinkling eyes. “I am perfectly fine, although, I imagine I’ll feel much better come August.”

“Hmm, I can’t help but feel a little responsible for your present condition.”

“Well,” she teased, “it is your fault.”

“My fault?” He stepped back to give her a gentle push on the swing. “If I recall you were a willing and very spirited participant in the process, not that I’m complaining.” Heat rose in her cheeks and flicked her eyes backward as he caught the swing again. “Shall we head inside for lunch?” he asked.

“I suppose,” she sighed her stomach churning with the mere thought of food. “But I’ll warn you I’m not feeling very hungry.”

“Would that be because of the baby or sitting at a table with my entire family?”

“Both.”

“Everything will be fine, I promise.”

“I hope so,” she slid off the swing and slipped her fingers through the hand he offered. “With everything going on I’m just feeling a little overwhelmed.”

“I’m sorry,” he murmured, gently swinging their entwined arms. “But you know things are going to get better with us.”

“I know,” she sighed heavily. “I just want all of this to be over, Curtis. I wish Colonel Fielding to

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