The Brides United (Civil War Brides Book 9) by Piper Davenport

Author:Piper Davenport [Davenport, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

JESSICA PUSHED TRAVIS into the privacy of their bedroom and kicked the door closed. “Take a deep breath, Trav. Several if you need to.”

“Jake,” Travis groaned. “He was going to hurt you.”

“He wasn’t! You have to stop looking at everyone as a threat, baby. Mark would never hurt me. Ever. He’s almost as irritatingly protective as you are, because he’s always had some misguided need to fill in for our father.” She laid her hand on his arm. “And the idiot comment was because he was holding back from saying something much, much worse. He can swear like a sailor, but because he’s trying to be respectful to my husband, he didn’t.”

“Does he actually realize I’m your husband, Jessica, or does he think I’m someone you need to be protected from? I won’t have him usurping my authority.”

“Oh, my… ah… seriously? I’m going to ignore that remark for the moment and readdress it at a later time when you’re not so keyed up.” Jessica sighed. “Mark’s in a weird place, Travis. He just needs some time to adjust. He will. Please be patient. I don’t want to be in the middle of a war between the two of you, especially since there’s no need for one. You could be great friends, if you’d just relax.”

“Me?” he snapped. “Why is this on my shoulders?”

“Because you’re my husband, and by right, I get to tell you what to do.”

He raised an eyebrow. “Oh, really?”

She nodded and kissed his cheek, then his lips. “Really. Because even when you pull the ‘authority’ card, I know you better than that.” She kissed him again. “I know you are the sweetest, most caring man I’ve ever known, even more so than my brother, and that’s saying something.”

“Oh?”

She kissed his neck. “Yep. And I know that even though you throw around words like ‘usurp,’ ‘authority,’ and ‘obedience,’ you listen to me and do everything you can to make me happy.” She kissed his lips again.

Travis sighed and gave her a deeper kiss. “I will try to like your brother.”

“Thank you.”

He smiled and kissed her again. “You’re welcome.”

“We have to get downstairs, Travis.”

“We have a few minutes, sweetheart.”

She leaned back. “Are you suggesting a quickie?”

“A quickie?” he said, pronouncing it in a southern drawl, his eyebrows together in confusion. “Ah, yes, quickie’s an appropriate word, I think.” He nodded in vigor. “Yes, a quickie would be nice, don’t you think?”

Jessica giggled. “Okay, just don’t say ‘quickie’ again. It sounds weird when you say it.”

Travis laughed and kissed her again.

* * *

After his strange altercation with his brother-in-law, Mark headed downstairs, arriving in the foyer to find Sophie speaking with yet another maid.

“Hey, Mark. Where are you going? Everyone’ll be here in less than an hour.” He faced her and she raised an eyebrow. “Are you okay?”

“I need to talk to Emma. I thought I’d run next door for a few minutes before dinner.”

“Hold that thought.” She nodded to the maid, who left them alone.

“What?” Mark asked. “I’m not allowed to talk to my best friend?”

“No.

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