The Passionate Lover by Carole Mortimer

Author:Carole Mortimer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: 0
Published: 2012-09-27T01:07:19.015000+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Her head ached when she woke up the next morning, and she knew that part of the reason for that was that although she had tried to sleep she had stayed half-awake listening for the sound of Kyle's return. It had been after one when she heard the truck outside, and that didn't cheer her at all, Kyle having been with Sylvia Judd for over three hours.

He was out on the ranch when she went down to breakfast, although Helen looked more cheerful this morning, her early night obviously having the desired effect.

'I'm preparing a special dinner for tonight,' she confided in Shelby as they ate breakfast together. 'After all, Kenny and Wendy may not have done this the way we would have wished, but it's done now so we might all as well accept it as fact.'

Shelby smiled, knowing the other woman was trying to probe her feelings about the unexpected marriage. 'I'll help you get the food ready, if you like,' she offered, knowing that it cost her nothing to do so and that it set this woman's mind at rest.

'Would you?' Helen instantly brightened. 'When I mentioned it to Kyle earlier he didn't think it was a very good idea at all,' she added worriedly.

'He'll be all right at the time.' Shelby's smile had faded just at the mention of his name.

It was late afternoon when Kenny and Wendy arrived, Shelby in the lounge resting her ankle after helping Helen all morning, Kyle having been out checking on the ranch all day, not even returning for lunch.

Shelby was far from looking forward to this meeting with the other couple, although she was grateful that no one was going to be a witness to it, and as it had to be faced she intended to be graceful about it.

The young couple looked cold when they came in from the icy wind outside, Kenny not seeing Shelby as he moved to the drinks tray to pour a warming brandy for Wendy and himself. But Wendy saw Shelby almost instantly, freezing in the doorway, her pretty young face flushing guiltily. Although aged twenty the other woman always looked younger, small and delicate, her hair black and silky about her elfin features. She looked as flushed and beautiful as any new bride should at the moment, although the wary look persisted in her eyes, and she nodded her head in Shelby's direction as Kenny handed her the glass of brandy.

He turned expectantly, his own expression becoming wary too now, his shoulders straightening defensively. And he had the blackest eye Shelby had ever seen! It ranged in colour from a sickly yellow, through to purple, and finally black. And it looked as if it had been very painful to suffer as well as to receive.

Shelby was standing too now, slender and beautiful in fitted denims and a loose silk top. 'I believe congratulations are in order,' she drawled.

Wendy looked more uncomfortable then ever, although Kenny seemed unperturbed by the situation. 'Thanks,' he accepted lightly.

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