The Perfect Wife by Ruth Ann Nordin

Author:Ruth Ann Nordin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sex, deception, bride, historical western romance, virgin heroine, virgin hero, keeping up appearances, polite society
Publisher: Ruth Ann Nordin

Chapter Thirteen

Natalie adjusted her hat for the hundredth time as she took her walk. She wasn’t used to wearing something with decorations on it. While the hat was a pretty one that complemented her dress, she had to wonder if it was practical. The maid had pinned in real flowers to go with the color of her yellow dress. Those weren’t so bad. But then the maid had added a couple of fake birds, and these had a tendency to pull the hat forward. Even though the maid had pinned the hat to her hair, Natalie could feel the pins slipping.

“It’s in fashion,” the maid had told her. “Ever since Mrs. Thomas wore something like it last month, it’s been a popular style.”

Natalie had trouble believing it was in fashion since she couldn’t recall seeing any other lady wearing something like it, but rather than argue with the woman, she put it on. The hat was actually beautiful, so she supposed it couldn’t hurt to wear it.

What she hadn’t factored in, however, was that the Nebraska winds would keep trying to blow the hat off of her head. The pins weren’t strong enough to compensate for the heavy bird figurines. Halfway into the park, she gave up pushing her pins back into place. Instead, she held the hat up with her hands. But, despite her best intentions, at one point she tripped, and as she tumbled onto the grass, she released the hat, which, of course, blew off her head.

She was surprised the hat was able to keep on blowing away from her since the thing was so heavy, but then she saw that the birds had fallen off several yards away from her.

With a sigh, she put her hands on the ground and pushed herself up, which wasn’t as easy as it might have been had she not been wearing a corset and a ton of petticoats. She almost lost her balance, but then someone put his hand under her arm and steadied her.

“I’ll help you,” a man said as he helped her to her feet.

She glanced over and saw the preacher who had married her and Mark. Before she could thank him, Ben ran after her hat. She brushed back the strands of hair that were wrapping their way around her face and pinned them back in place. Next time it was this windy, she would skip the walk, even if the day was sunny and warm. This just wasn’t worth the hassle.

Mark’s friend returned to her and held the hat out to her. “Here you go.”

“Thank you,” she replied as she put it back on her head and pushed some pins in through it to help secure it. This time, it had no trouble staying in place. Those birds falling off of it was for the best.

“You’re welcome,” he replied. “I was on my way into town and thought I’d see Mark. He works a couple of blocks from here.”

“I know. I’ve been to his office.”

“So you

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