Mail Order Bride: JUMBO Mail Order Bride 20 Book Box Set by Sinclair Hope

Author:Sinclair, Hope [Sinclair, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Clean and Wholesome Romance
Published: 2016-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

TEN

5 days later

Lilly had bid her time, waiting patiently until Charles regained his strength. He had changed so much that she had trouble believing that he was the same man. That made her decision even harder to follow through, but she knew that she had to. She had left a home where she was loved and cared for. She saw no rational reason to continue living with a man who referred to her as a ‘cripple’ and wanted her out of his life.

She had seen the puzzled look in his eyes when his friendly overtures had been met with silence. What did he expect? He didn’t want her, so what was the pretense for?

“We need to speak Lilly,” Charles said to her as she performed her last duties as his wife.

Her case was packed and ready, and she was preparing their breakfast. She nodded, unsurprised by his solemn tone. He was ready to tell her that he wanted her to return to Pennsylvania. He was in luck, her things were ready and she would not make a fuss.

To make it easier for him, Lilly opened the table drawer and silently handed him the letter. As though it were a normal morning, she poured out tea for both of them and placed a chunk of fresh bread next to Charles.

“Oh no!” he exclaimed. “Lilly, this was a mistake,” he said, his voice laced with remorse.

Her lower lip trembled as she bit on it to halt the rapid movement.

“You called me a cripple,” Lilly voiced sobbing.

Hot tears stung her face and she felt as though she would drown in the humiliation.

He threw his hands in the air.

“Please give me a chance to explain. I don’t deserve your ear but for the grace of God, kindly hear me out,” Charles pleaded.

Lilly nodded. It wasn’t much to ask and maybe they could part on good terms. She listened and found herself enthralled by the story of his younger brother and how the birth had broken their family apart. Her heart went out to the young Charles who had understood none of it and for the mother who was unable to love her own child.

She thought of her own parents who had never once treated her with disdain because of her shorter leg. If anything, her mother had insisted that she was just as good if not better than other young girls. Lilly had believed her mother, until she read the letter. She had realized that while her own family loved and accepted her, it was not necessarily so with the rest of the world.

Charles was now explaining how his whole person had recoiled when he saw Lilly. How that long buried pain had come to the surface and he had shut himself off from the possibility of loving Lilly.

“You’re the most beautiful woman I know and I am blessed to have you. I will spend the rest of my life showing you just how beautiful and wonderful you are,” Charles said with feeling.

“I was going to leave today,” Lilly confessed.

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