The Viscount's Willful Wife by Wendy Vella

Author:Wendy Vella [Vella, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Scarsdale Publishing, Ltd
Published: 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

“I am not a person to sit idly and stitch, Joseph, as you very well know.”

Ellie’s brothers had bundled her into a carriage and taken her driving. They were rolling down country lanes, with lovely scenery passing her window, and she saw none of it. Only that the life she had wanted with Louis was crumbling around her feet. The desperation inside her was rising. She loved him, and yet could she stay with a man who wanted her to change?

“I understand that, Ellie, but you also need to realize your behaviour is not normal for a woman of your standing.”

“But, Joseph—”

He raised a hand to stop her.

“I have not finished. Now while we, your brothers, accept that you are different, Louis has no concept of how to. He was raised by a stiff, uncompromising father, and his mother was no better. In fact, she was quite frankly a venomous harpy.”

Her brothers were all variations of each other, tall and handsome, and at times she had wanted to bang their heads together. However, she had known they were always there for her, as she was for them. Now was no different, even if she did not like what they were saying.

“The thing is, Ellie, Louis loves you, he just hides it extremely well behind that stiff-necked facade,” Charles said.

Ellie tried to force down the flare of delight at her brother’s words.

“Perhaps if you did not try to have everything your own way all the time, and saw things from your husband’s perspective upon occasion, you could find a way through this impasse,” Rory, the middle brother, added.

“I do not want everything my own way!” Ellie declared, but as she looked at the men around her she realized that was just what she had wanted.

“Compromise, from what I gather, is integral in marriage, and as you are not exactly known for it, perhaps you could give it a try.”

She looked at Rory, the calm one of their family. Was he right? Had she not even tried to give her marriage a chance? Had she set her course, and to hell with her husband?

“Reason with him, talk things through, and if that fails, sister, then we will beat him into submission,” Joseph said, offering her a gentle smile.

“But for heaven’s sake, Ellie, show some patience!” Charles said.

“I am patient.”

Her brothers scoffed at that, and Ellie suddenly saw the truth. She had not even tried to make her marriage work. Yes, Louis had also been in the wrong, but had she tried harder, and demanded less, perhaps he would have seen reason, or at least they could have come to an understanding.

“It seems I need to speak with my husband.”

Her brothers nodded.

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