Dejected in Denver (Yours Truly: The Lovelorn Book 14) by Cahill Cat

Author:Cahill, Cat [Cahill, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Cat Cahill
Published: 2020-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Rain pattered against the window of the study Saturday afternoon as Eli sorted through yet another stack of his father’s papers. He’d been at it for days, finding little beyond the names of men and businesses Pa had worked with. Bills, receipts, purchase agreements, notes—Pa had kept everything.

Eli stood and took a sip of the coffee Ma had brought in earlier. The rain reminded him of that morning when Molly had been out with Paul Carter and had invited him out of the rain and into Carter’s carriage. The memory made him smile at first, but then brought to mind the other men who sought Molly’s attention. She’d just as much said she was uninterested in them after they returned from their walk into town, yet they had so much more to offer than Eli did. Those men had money and prestige. They could set Molly up in a beautiful home in Denver, and she’d want for nothing. Eli had a respectable job, certainly, but that was all. It made him happy, but was it enough to satisfy Molly?

If only he’d been able to get the words out that afternoon after their walk. He’d tried, but they’d lodged somewhere in his throat. Why was telling her how he felt so terrifying?

Eli returned to the desk chair and began sorting through the stack of papers again. His mind still half on Molly, he almost didn’t hear the knock at the door.

It came more insistently and there was no mistaking it this time. Eli rose and went to the hallway, wondering who would come to the door in this weather. He pulled it open, and there, looking bedraggled despite the carriage on the street, stood Molly.

She smiled at him and he stood there blinking like a fool. Sense finally overcame him, and he opened the door wider so she could come inside.

“I’m sorry, I know this is highly unusual, and well . . . perhaps I should go?” Molly glanced back toward her carriage.

“No, it’s quite all right. This scandal should have the entire neighborhood talking.” Eli meant it as a joke, and after a second, Molly smiled. “I doubt anyone saw, given the rain. And besides, my mother is here. I’m certain it’ll take her all of five minutes to be in the parlor to meet you.” What he didn’t put into words was the way his entire mood had lifted the second she’d shown up at his door. She risked her reputation to see him. Not Preston or any of those other men, but him.

Molly glanced around the tiny entry of their small home, and Eli had to bite his tongue to keep from apologizing for it. It was a perfectly nice home, but it was nothing compared to her aunt and uncle’s house.

He took her wet coat and hung it from a peg near the fireplace in the parlor. Molly sat in one of the simple chairs nearby and laid her damp gloves on her lap. Eli took the seat that was angled next to hers.

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