The Unexpected Wife by Caroline Warfield

Author:Caroline Warfield [Warfield, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-68291-716-9
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

To her left the hallway led to the clinic, tempting her to go that way and ask about the wisdom of using small amounts of the narcotic. Dr. Peters forbade her to enter the clinic, however. “As much as I would be proud to show you our work,” he had said, “we can’t risk our patients reporting that we’re harboring a western woman here.” I’m as much contraband as the opium. Left to her own devices, she might defy that edict outright, but she couldn’t put the doctor’s work at risk. She turned to the factory’s kitchen instead and rinsed out the pitcher, burdened by the sympathetic gaze of the cook’s helpers.

“We’ll bring midday luncheon soon, my lady,” one of them said. “Soup only, as you asked.”

With a shirt under her arm and the pitcher in one hand, she struggled with the key, but managed to unlock the door. She turned the handle, but before she opened the door fully, Thorn pulled it wide, his gaze fixated on the pitcher.

“Did you bring it?” he demanded. He didn’t mean the water.

“Of course. Sit, and I’ll bring you some.” She kept her voice steady, relieved when he sat. She set the pitcher on a tiny table in the corner and locked the door, putting the key in her pocket. His eyes, she noticed, followed the key.

If he tries to take it from me, can I stop him? Unlocking the door with her hands burdened had been unwise. He didn’t overpower her, but he easily might do when he became more frantic, as she feared he would.

“Did you bring it?” he asked again. She handed him a cup of the liquid. He spat it out. “That’s just water!”

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