Mail Order Christine by Patricia PacJac Carroll

Author:Patricia PacJac Carroll
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: PacJac Publishing
Published: 2020-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Everett took her to the hotel. Well, he’d married her. His future was set with Christine. He just hoped he hadn’t made a mistake. He’d seen her face light up when the pastor had said family. But he’d told her there would only be them. No children.

Still, something deep inside him had changed in that brief ceremony. She had said she’d love him. He didn’t say it, but his heart had agreed. No matter what he thought, he’d changed. He even looked at her differently.

Before, he’d admired her beauty and curves. The female part of her. But now, he wanted to please her. To love her. The person of her. His Christine. He held the door for her and followed her into the hotel.

He’d gone inside that church and come out someone else. Unfamiliar with the way he felt, he wasn’t sure what his life was going to be like. She hadn’t changed. But he had. Maybe it was his eyes. The church had been a little dark. Yet, he knew it was more than shadow and turning.

The clerk gave him the keys to the big room at the top left of the stairs. With a smile, the clerk nodded. “The honeymoon suite. I’ll have some champagne brought up for you. It’s complimentary.”

That irritated Everett. He’d meant it to be more a business arrangement than a marriage. A companion. That’s what he’d wanted. And intended to have. Still, when he looked at her, he wasn’t seeing a friend. That was part of what had changed in him and between them.

He wasn’t sure how she felt about the situation and figured he’d go slow with her. He could wait. Most of his best business deals were done with patience and outwaiting the other man.

But Christine was no man. Not at all. He held the door to the room for her and stepped aside.

She entered and gasped. “It’s beautiful. Oh, Everett, thank you.”

“I told you I was well off. Whatever you want, I’ll provide for you.” He watched her go around the room and look at the expensive paintings and sculptures. She lingered at the fruit basket on the table to the side of the room.

There was a patio with a table and two chairs. He opened the French doors and let in the breeze and music from below. “There is a nice view of the river from here.”

She stood beside him. A flowery aroma swirled around her. Intoxicating and delicate, she stole his attention.

Christine looked up at him and smiled. A real smile and then she kissed him. “I love you, Everett. I don’t know how, but at that church, I knew you were the man for me. The only man.”

He drank in her words. Her beauty. And that fact that she was his wife. She pulled him inside the room, and he shut the doors.

***

Later that night, Christine dressed and brushed her hair. “Where are you taking me?”

“To a special place to eat. Mamacitas. Best food east or west of the Mississippi.

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