Widows of Blessings Valley_Elizabeth by Maxine Douglas

Author:Maxine Douglas [Douglas, Maxine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: WIDOWS OF BLESSINGS VALLEY: ELIZABETH
Publisher: Macine Douglas
Published: 2019-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Auggie woke in the wingback chair he’d fallen asleep in the previous night. His neck had a crick in it, and his once perfectly pressed dress shirt was now badly wrinkled.

Placing his glasses on the table, he ran his hands over his face. “Good grief,” he yawned, stretching out cramped limbs. Pulling out his pocket watch, he groaned at the time. “Seven. I should be downstairs by now.”

Pushing out of the chair, he shuffled into his bedroom stifling yet another yawn. Splashing water on his face from the wash basin, he met his mirrored gaze, shocked by how harried he appeared.

His hair was plastered on one side of his head while the other sprouted several rooster tails. He looked like he’d spent last night somewhere other than in his own home.

If he didn’t know better, he’d think he’d spent the night with a bottle of whiskey and visions of Elizabeth. What was it about her that had him in knots after dining together only once?

By no means had it been the intimate dinner for two he’d at first hoped for where they could get to know each other. It had been a quiet, uneventful evening with two widows acting as chaperones. Dancing with Elizabeth had been the highlight of the evening, seconded by seeing her safely to her front door. She had still refused a proper escort when he offered his arm. He must remember she was an independent woman now, showing the entire world there was no need for her to depend on a man any longer.

Elizabeth Hamilton was easygoing and quite pleasant to have a conversation with, even if it was only in regard to the work she was doing. Her beauty was most certainly more than skin-deep. It filled her entire being, as far as he could tell.

Up until last night when he saw her to the row houses on the edge of town, he’d only been in her company here at the hotel. And that was strictly business. Last night, however, wasn’t. Now he wasn’t sure what type of relationship they had, and whether or not it had changed.

He didn’t want it to change—or did he? No, he quickly decided. He did not want it to change in the manner that she would leave his employment.

Would she keep a wide berth of him? Or would their day go on the same as always? Friendly and professional.

How was he going to learn more about her if everything has changed? Dinner certainly hadn’t offered the opportunity, so how would working downstairs together do it?

Picking up his shaving soap, cup, and brush, he studied his beard closely.

What if he shaved it off? Would she only see the ugliness of the disfiguring scar? Would she cringe, walk away, and avoid him at all costs? Not willing to chance it, he put the brush back in the bowl. Auggie dried his face, rubbed his damp hair with the hand towel, then changed into a fresh shirt.

Knock knock.

“What kind of catastrophe

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