Wolf Creek Wife by Penny Richards

Author:Penny Richards
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Will needed to get away for a while, not only to check on the mill but to really think about his new life with Blythe. Until he’d seen her fall to the floor, he hadn’t really understood how much strain she’d been under. Just moving from a big city like Boston to a town the size of Wolf Creek was a huge adjustment, and when he added in everything else she’d been through, it was little wonder she was overwhelmed and anxious, or that her emotions ranged from meekness to irritation at the drop of a hat. So many things had happened to her that she probably didn’t know how to react.

Now she was married to a man she barely knew. He wondered if she was as confused as he was about where they were headed with their new life. If she seemed uneasy and even standoffish, he really couldn’t expect anything different after Devon Carmichael’s betrayal.

It was perfectly natural for her to doubt his sincerity when he’d spoken his vows. She had no way of knowing that even though he’d sometimes been contrary, his heart was actually pretty soft. Or had been. She couldn’t know that he’d been a fun-loving, easygoing kind of guy until Martha walked away from him and their marriage.

Two years ago.

Two years was plenty of time to pick up the pieces of his life and move on instead of wallowing in self-pity. Admitting that his actions had been less than exemplary since her infidelity was easier than he expected. He certainly wasn’t proud of himself. In fact, he’d acted like a blamed fool. Drinking, carousing, behaving like the meanest cuss in town. He wondered why that was easier to own up to than to face the idea that he’d failed as a husband.

He had a chance to remedy that with Blythe. They’d said vows. Made promises. The moment he’d entered into marriage with her, he’d started a new phase in his life. It was high time he stopped dwelling on the ugliness of the past, and there was no better place to start than with his new wife and new life.

If this marriage stood the slightest chance of succeeding, he had to stop comparing Blythe’s actions to what Martha had done or assuming Blythe would behave in the same way. It meant not expecting her to react in a certain manner just because she came from a wealthy family, and it meant relying on the Lord when he had nowhere to go and no one to turn to, something he hadn’t done in far too long.

Like any newlywed couple, they would face ups and downs, as well as the adjustment of living together and the dozens of unexpected things that would crop up. Marriage was getting to know the other person and adapting to the differences between one another.

Just because they’d entered this new relationship in unusual circumstances didn’t mean they couldn’t have a satisfying life together. All his friends claimed she was a good person.

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