The Texan Meets His Match (Lake Howling Book 2) by Vella Wendy

Author:Vella, Wendy [Vella, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Vella Ink Ltd
Published: 2015-05-28T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Ethan was called away before the wedding the following day. Annabelle wasn’t ready, so she was picked up by Uncle Mitch, who would take her to the church where she would meet up with Ethan. Annabelle was pleased for the break. Her emotions were a mess, and she needed some time to sort them out—time to put the poker back into her spine so she could once again back away from him, because right now, she was totally under his spell, totally enthralled by the Texan.

She was pretty sure it was the emotion that was doing it; all this heavy stuff between him and his family was making her feel unsettled. Seeing him in this new light wasn’t helping, either. He was vulnerable here in his family home, where for years he had taken the abuse his father had thrown at him, and she could see him doing it. Standing silently while he was attacked—it just about broke her heart. Annabelle had a really bad feeling that she was in up to her neck, and even worse, she wasn’t sure she could pull back.

Their lovemaking was out of the park. He just touched her and she combusted. With him she’d lost the ability to be a hard ass. He made her weak and soft, and all those other horrible things that she’d heard happened to women when they least expected it to happen.

She had to try to reclaim who she was, the woman who put all her emotions into a locked and bolted compartment inside her head, where they couldn’t make her vulnerable or weak.

“Regroup, Annabelle. You’ve done it a few times. You can do it again.”

Looking in the mirror, she put on Macy’s pink diamond necklace and stood back a step to check her appearance.

The dress looked good and showed off her best asset, her legs. In soft pink, it had a tight silk sheath that cupped her breasts and finished a few inches above her knees. A sheer over skirt fell from below the bodice, and swirled as she moved. The necklace twinkled as the light caught it. She prayed the clasp wouldn’t break.

She’d straightened her hair so it fell to her shoulders in a silky curtain, and highlighted her eyes with makeup. Her lips were painted in a shinny gloss, and Annabelle thought she looked as good as she could, but knew she’d fall short of some of the other guests. Grabbing the small silver bag Macy had insisted she bring, she stepped into her high, strappy, silver sandals, and went to answer the door as someone knocked.

“Well, now, girl, you look mighty fine.”

“Thanks, Uncle Mitch. You’re pretty handsome yourself.”

His suit was black over a vest of black satin and he wore a white shirt and black crossover tie. In one hand he held a black cowboy hat and on his feet were leather boots.

“Well, then, I reckon we could be making an entrance, little girl.”

They traveled by limo with Taylor, who was dressed like Uncle Mitch.

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