[2016] What the Heart Wants by Aqua Allsopp

Author:Aqua Allsopp [Allsopp, Aqua]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Clean & Wholesome, New Adult & College, Literature & Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Inspirational
Amazon: B01M67QG7L
Goodreads: 31133718
Published: 2016-07-14T06:00:00+00:00

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Ruth King was in the kitchen managing the preparations for lunch. Her husband Jacob sat at the dining table reading the morning newspaper. It was a Sunday morning, and the family had just returned from the church service at the local community hall. Their daughter Annie was upstairs in her room, freshening up in preparation for a day of relaxation.

“Do you think it will be a worthwhile choice?” Jacob asked out all of a sudden.

His wife was caught totally unawares. “I don’t know what you are talking about,” she said.

“This, this match for Annie that we just heard about in the church,” he said. “The man, a farm owner, living a few miles down the road. Next door to your friend Sarah. She did tell you about him, didn’t she?”

“Oh yes, she did do that!” Ruth said with a questioning look on her face, not quite sure she remembered the encounter. “But I don’t recollect much about the young man, do you?”

He shook his head in disagreement. “No! You know my memory is not the best in this business. Anyways, I think our daughter deserves to put in her own opinion first. After all, she will be the one married to this man.”

“Yes, you do have a point there, I believe,” she said.

“But where is Annie? I have not seen her since we returned from church!”

“Oh don’t worry she is up in her room. She said she wanted to freshen up before coming down for lunch. Won’t be long now I believe.”

“Right, let’s wait then,” Jacob said as he sunk back into the newspaper once again.

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Annie finished taking a shower and walked out of the washroom. She felt fresh and rejuvenated after what had been an intensely tiring week out in the farm. The heat of summer had only made things worse. She prayed for some respite, much like every other member of the community living in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Summers had always been a terror but this year things seemed to be at their deplorable worst.

She stood in front of the mirror for some time and admired herself. Annie had always been one of the prettier girls in town – even when she was very young – and the resplendence of youth had only increased her beauty. Almost every young man in town took a keen interest in her, and she had been told so as well during the period of Rumspringa, but Annie had avoided all such romantic interests. She had different plans in mind.

Some of the young men had gone as far to approach her parents directly about a possible marriage, only to be redirected back to her and face the ignominy of rejection. Her parents had been supportive all along and had given her the freedom to do what she felt. However, of late, they too had been drawn into the talk of marriage much to the displeasure of their daughter. That had prompted her to make a decision, and Annie felt the time was right to tell her parents exactly what she had in mind.

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