Ruth by Danni Roan

Author:Danni Roan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Western Romance, Historical Western Fiction, Christian Historical Romance, Sweet Clean and Wholesome Romance, Historical Romance
Publisher: Danni Roan
Published: 2020-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

RUTH RAN A BRUSH THROUGH her long hair working it dry with each stroke. It wasn’t easy moving the brush down the length of hair that flowed to her knees but she painstakingly continued.

Behind her, she could hear Darwin splashing in the tin washtub he’d carried in for her a short while ago, and she couldn’t resist the urge to peek at his bare shoulders as he rubbed the soap up his arms. No one back home would ever have believed she would catch a man as attractive as the black-hair hostler.

She shifted on the bed draping her hair over her other shoulder, feeling the dampness of it on her thin nightgown as she began brushing once more. She was clean, but never in her life had she imagined taking a bath would be so much work.

Darwin had carried the galvanized tub in, moving her small trunk and setting it before the fireplace where he quickly started a fire to ward off the evening chill. He had then carried bucket after bucket of hot water from the Hampton house to fill the undersized tub until he thought it was just right. Then to her wonder, he had nodded, tipped his hat, and stepped outside. Apparently, he thought that she should have some privacy in the bath, and her heart swelled with delight at his thoughtfulness.

“You look beautiful,” Darwin called from the tub as he lifted one foot scrubbing it with a heavy brush before reaching for the next.

Ruth shook her head. She knew she wasn’t beautiful and sitting there in her simple nightgown with her hair hanging like a wet rag, the statement was next to ridiculous. “You’re just saying that.”

“No, I’m not,” Darwin barked as she looked up to see him rising from the water. Ruth yelped and turned her back. It was one thing to snuggle tight with the man in the darkness of their little house, but to see him in the light of the fire; her face burned as brightly as the dying flames.

Darwin’s warm chuckle made her stiffen sure he was laughing at her. “What’s so funny?”

“You,” Darwin said. “I like that after a week of married life, you’re still shy.”

Ruth bit her lip repressing a smile. She had been so unprepared for marriage, and now after their conversation tonight, she realized that Darwin didn’t even need her. He was more than capable of looking after himself and had a good position, which included meals and according to Olive laundry services as well. Why had he agreed to marry her? He didn’t even know her.

Behind her, she could hear Darwin slipping into fresh clothes and she turned to see him dragging the tub slowly toward the door. “If we had flowers I’d toss this on them,” he teased. “Flowers like soapy water.”

Ruth looked up meeting his gray gaze and sighed. His hair was still wet and he’d slicked the glossy black locks back from his face affording her a good look at his chiseled features.

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