The Wife He Chose by Susan Fox

Author:Susan Fox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

CADE suddenly felt regret for the way he’d proposed to Colleen. He could tell his declaration about love worried her. And maybe it had hurt her feelings.

Women like Colleen were naive and because they were so inexperienced, they were full of romantic notions and hopes. In her case, she’d been through a lot of hard times and she was the kind of woman who deserved to have good things come her way.

He meant to give her good things. Number one was that she’d be close to the kids and get to help raise them. He’d see to it she felt cared for, that she’d never want for any material thing. He’d be a gentle, considerate husband and he’d give her the best.

He’d be so good to her that she wouldn’t notice if he never said all the pretty words. She’d be content with everything else because he’d make sure of it. She’d have a small piece of his heart—hell, she did already because he liked her—but not so big a piece that she could use it to make a fool of him. No woman would ever do that. He’d never give any female that power, not even Colleen.

This talk was fair warning, so he shouldn’t regret it. He’d meant to get them started the way he planned for things between them to go. The only way he’d allow his marriage to go: a common sense marriage with clear boundaries.

Colleen looked up at him then and he was again struck by the sadness and mystery in her eyes. And now the anxiety.

“You said you wanted me to think about this,” she told him. “I will, but things are still not…resolved with Beau.”

This was what had made him trust her from the first, that she kept putting the kids’ feelings ahead of her own.

“And,” she began again, then stopped. Now the sad mystery in her pretty eyes seemed stronger suddenly, and her gaze wavered a little. He caught a glimmer of what was coming. “And, I have lots of…limits.”

“Like what?” He’d known she would bring those up, he could have bet money. This was also part of the reason he’d changed his mind about marriage. Because Colleen always seemed determined to tell him everything she thought was fair for him to know.

“I can’t keep up with active children right now. It’ll take time before I’m fully recovered, and I can’t tell you precisely when that will be. There’s a possibility I won’t ever recover one hundred percent. I can’t do complicated math yet, I’m more emotional, and so far, I can’t even tie my shoes. Those things especially, I can’t guarantee. And I have…scars.” Her gaze shied slightly from his before she forced it back. “Lots of those.”

He could tell from the anxiety in her eyes that she was deeply worried about those things, that it was important to her that she confess it all. As if a list like that might make him change his mind.

He should have been offended that she thought him that shallow, but he was touched that she was honest enough to risk it.

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