Winter Woman by Jenna Kernan

Author:Jenna Kernan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2003-01-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

He’d kept his eyes forward even when the sounds from behind him told him she was crying. Her hand left his waist to wipe her nose. He heard the little sniffs and her ragged intake of breath above the sound of the horse’s steady hooves. She was obviously trying not to draw his notice, so he gave her privacy.

The stifled sobs tore at him like the claws of a bobcat. All he wanted to do was put his arms around her. Look what had happened the last time he had. She mentioned her husband and he couldn’t control the anger. Her face had gone pale when he harshly reminded her the man was dead. He was gone and Nash was tired of her throwing him between them every time he got too close.

Hadn’t he just told her that he needed the furs to get them a stake? Once he had the money, he could buy her a farm or a business. He’d take her wherever she wanted. He planned to start again, with her.

She still lived in the past, clinging to the memory of a dead man rather than accept the one who was aching for her.

Maybe he wasn’t good enough. She was polished, educated and had religion. She probably thought of him as some kind of brute or hermit. Was she ashamed to love him? He ground his teeth together until they squeaked.

How he dreaded making camp. The meal, the evening and after that—pure torture. Their lovemaking was precious to him, but not to her. She was crying and everything was spoiled between them. Somehow he had to patch this up. Three weeks remained before the Rendezvous. Three weeks to make amends and win her heart before he brought her out of the mountains.

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