Wanted by Shelley Shepard Gray

Author:Shelley Shepard Gray [Gray, Shelley Shepard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

All day Jonathan had looked forward to the moment he could come home from work and relax in the comfort of his own home. But as he entered the living room and eyed Katie’s gently curving shoulders and pale neck bent over a bit of sewing, he felt his face heat up.

Oh, Katie affected him so.

In fact, every time he heard her voice or spied a bit of her pretty form, he could feel himself becoming tonguetied and the muscles in his shoulders starting to bunch. No matter how hard he tried to not be different around Katie, things were out of his hands. The plain truth was that he fancied her. He couldn’t help himself.

And that wasn’t right. He had no need to marry again, well, beyond his girls needing a new mother. But that didn’t seem like a sound reason in the long run. Jonathan didn’t plan on being married to a woman he wasn’t sure he could love.

And fact was, he wasn’t sure if he was capable of loving again. Did the Lord desire a man to do such things? His will was a mystery to Jonathan.

Yes, his feelings about Katie most certainly did not make sense. Surely if he was meant to marry again, it would be to a woman not so different from his first wife.

Someone not so terribly young and fresh and merry.

Though, perhaps he didn’t need a copy of Sarah, after all.

Things with Sarah had been rocky at times, that was the truth. Her sharp tongue had cut his feelings more than a time or two. Their union hadn’t been all that he had hoped it to be. His efforts to hide their strained relationship had been a surprise, as well. Jonathan had always prided his honesty and forthrightness. He’d thought those two qualities were integral to the type of man he was. But during those last months with Sarah, he’d been a master of doublespeak and avoidance.

Even his gut friend Eli had commented on it one evening when they’d been raking gravel for the church services. “What is going on with you, Jonathan? ” he’d ask time and again. “You seem so quiet and blue. How can I help? ”

But instead of seeking Eli’s advice and assistance, Jonathan had brushed him off. He’d been too embarrassed about the state of his marriage. Too ashamed that he wasn’t happier.

Now, though, Jonathan realized that in spite of his intentions, his heart and head were thinking about companionship again with a certain blue-eyed woman. Every time she smiled, he imagined a life with her. Every time she laughed, he’d find himself dreaming about the possibility of not being alone night after night, with only his shadow for company.

But was Katie Brenneman the answer? Part of him thought she could be. Katie had a sunny nature which encouraged him to smile. He liked the way she treated others and how she was just bossy enough so as he wouldn’t be tempted to run roughshod over her.

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