The Unlikely Wife (Love Inspired Historical) by Debra Ullrick

Author:Debra Ullrick
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Through the green and gold clusters of tall, thin-bladed grass they headed for home. Mosquitoes buzzed and hovered around them, landing on their arms and faces. Selina kept swatting at them, trying to keep them away from her, but the little varmints were not to be stopped.

Their horses swished their tails hard and fast, shifted their pointy ears and shook their heads trying to rid themselves of the pests, too, but they wouldn’t leave. “This sure is interestin’ grass. Has to be almost three feet tall. Does it have a name?”

“It’s bunchgrass.”

The stuff grew in bunches, but Selina wasn’t sure if Michael was teasing her or not. Judging from the serious look on his face, she reckoned he wasn’t.

“Sorry about the puppy.”

“Wasn’t meant to be I reckon.”

“I’ll see if I can find you one somewhere else.”

“Okay.” Her legs dangled as she rocked with the rhythm of the horse. Macy’s tail brushed against her pant leg as she continued to swat at not only the mosquitoes but also a huge fly that kept hanging round. “When we get back home, do you need help gettin’ things ready for tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow?”

“Yeah. Earlier you said you had to get things ready for harvestin’ the wheat.”

“Yes, I do. But there isn’t anything you can do to help.”

“Oh. Well, I reckon I’ll rid the garden of weeds before I go see Rainee, then.”

“Do you go there often?”

“I do. I like Rainee. She’s good folk.”

“She sure is.”

“Rainee’s from the South, too, so how did she meet Haydon?”

“She placed an advertisement for a husband and Jesse answered it.”

“Jesse answered it? He’s been married to Hannah a long time. Why would he go and answer an ad for a wife?”

“For Haydon.”

“Huh? That don’t make a lick of sense.”

“It’s a long story.”

“Well, we got time before we get back to the ranch.” She watched his chest rise and fall.

“Rainee’s brother wanted to sell her to the neighbor man next door. A man who had murdered his wife.”

Selina gasped. “That’s horrible. Why?”

“He needed money. Anyway, Rainee found out and so she placed an ad and Jesse sent for her to be Haydon’s wife.”

“Haydon know about it?”

“No. Boy was he angry when he did find out. Haydon didn’t want anything to do with her, but then she rescued him and he fell in love with her. Now they’re happily married with another child on the way.”

Leave it to a man to give the short version. She wanted to hear more, but she’d ask Rainee sometime instead.

As they rode home in silence, one thing kept buzzing through Selina’s mind like the pesky mosquitoes around them. She knew for certain Michael really didn’t want anything to do with her, either, but he was stuck with her because they were married.

If only their situation would turn out as well as Rainee and Haydon’s. She doubted it ever would, though.

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