Her Baseborn Bridegroom by Coldbreath Alice

Author:Coldbreath, Alice
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 0000000000000
Publisher: Kindle Press
Published: 2017-08-21T16:00:00+00:00

XIII

Linnet woke early and quickly remembered the falling out from the night before. Mason was still tucked against her back, his arm slung about her waist. Physically close, but emotionally miles away. She frowned over his erratic behavior. She had no idea why her defense of their marriage should have displeased him so greatly. Unless he thought it unworthy of protecting, she thought uneasily. Her chest ached at such a thought. She remembered how he had told her more than once that he cared little for the opinion of others. It seemed she had not taken on board just how little the opinion of the world mattered to this new husband of hers. Mayhap he did not care that the majority of their tenants thought she was a horrid, grasping tyrant? She thought of Johnny Wickers’s mother the alewife. How many other of the castle’s servants had been unfairly thrown out by her aunt? Then there was her uncle’s unfair taxation. She bit her thumbnail. And how was she to address these wrongs? She glanced back over her shoulder, but Mason was still asleep, his face relaxed and far less harsh looking in repose. No matter how she looked at it, she just could not spin a positive view of Mason’s attitude. He had told her she was naive and sheltered, but she had not heeded his warning. Clearly, he expected her to get on with her life inside the castle and not try and turn him into her confidante or friend. She remembered how she had falsely assumed their physical closeness the night before had meant she could pour out her deepest fears and thoughts to him. Only moments earlier, their bodies had moved together as one, but when she had tried to have a heart-to-heart conversation, her husband had cruelly snubbed her! Blinking back tears, she realized that she needed to wake up. The sad truth was she had no right to feel sorry for herself. She had made her marriage bargain and not one word had been spoken of love or affection. He had cleaved to her as a wife, that much was true. He had every intention of making sure she kept her end of the bargain and bore him a son. Sons, she corrected herself with a pucker between her brows. He had been quite firm about the fact she would be giving him more than the initial heir she had imagined. But that didn’t mean he saw them in any sentimental light she told herself sternly.

She remembered his father Baron Vawdrey’s explosive arrival the night before. She could see little by way of affection or paternal bond between them. They had not exchanged greetings or embraced at their reunion, she pondered. And Mason had certainly not spoken of any fondness existing within the bonds of their marriage. Oswald had attempted to remonstrate with his father’s brusque, offensive words, but Mason had not even risen from his seat to defend her! She needed to stop romanticizing things in her head and understand that her marriage was not the stuff of ballads.

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