Beyond Betrayal by Christine Michels

Author:Christine Michels
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780987688354
Publisher: Northern Fire Publishing
Published: 2012-01-06T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

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Delilah had spent the night pacing her room, only dropping into bed, fully clothed, and falling into a fitful sleep as dawn began to lighten the eastern sky. Now, as sunlight poured into the room and over her face, she woke and groggily blinked at the clock on the nightstand. Good heavens! It was nearly noon. She couldn't remember ever having slept that late in her life. With a groan, she rose to wash her face and make an attempt at pulling herself together. It didn't help. Once again, Matt Chambers invaded her thoughts. Damn the man! Why wasn't he discouraged in the face of her widowhood as other men were?

Tears stung her eyes. She was too tired to deal with this. Too tired to find the answers she needed.

All she knew was that she had to get away. Away from Matt and his overpowering, seductive presence. Away from his town. Away from her own confused emotions concerning him. Simply away. But she couldn't go because Eve still needed her. And if she didn't soon start earning some decent money with her gambling, she wouldn't have a hope of helping Eve make the mortgage payment on the ranch. In fact, it was almost too late already. She'd have to win a considerable sum every night from now until the date the mortgage was due to help as she'd promised she would.

She just didn't know what to do.

Unconsciously, Delilah resumed her pacing.

If she'd only managed to make the money she'd planned by now, then perhaps she could have left Red Rock. Although she'd have felt guilty for not being near to give Eve the emotional support she needed to face Tom's illness, at least Delilah would have been secure in the knowledge that her sister would not lose her home. But Delilah hadn't made the money because she just couldn't seem to work with Matt Chambers watching her like a hawk.

"Drat the man!" she muttered. At every turn his name arose as the source of her troubles.

Having given up on diverting her mistress from her thoughts during the night, Poopsy now watched Delilah from her bed with a disconsolate expression. Delilah knew the little dog, sensing her distress, wanted reassurance, but she just didn't have any to give her right now.

Pausing, Delilah looked in the mirror and gasped at the change in herself. Huge bluish shadows marred the flesh beneath her eyes. A frown line etched the normally smooth skin between her brows. And her typically pale complexion was downright pasty, not a trace of color remained. She didn't understand how a man, any man, could have this effect on her. She was a Sinclair, after all. She was made of sturdy stuff. But in the short time she'd known him, Matt Chambers had invaded her mind and her life.

Her stomach rumbled loudly, and she realized she was hungry despite her inner turmoil. She welcomed the interruption. It was another direction in which to focus her thoughts, for all the worry and pacing was getting her precisely nowhere.

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