Seek Me with All Your Heart by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman [Wiseman, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-02-22T09:12:33.062000+00:00

Emily slowly moved toward him. She draped the blanket around both their shoulders. David pul ed his arm free of the blanket and draped it across her shoulders, then pul ed her close. He rubbed her arm, and she could feel him shivering.

“Put your arm back under the blanket so you’l stay warm.”

“It’s okay. I’m just worried about you. I can’t believe we stayed as long as we did, and the temperatures sure have dropped.”

Emily snuggled close to him, welcoming the warmth. “I’m okay, David.” She tipped her head up, but the motion put her face entirely too close to his, so she quickly turned it away.

She tried not to focus on David’s tender touch as he rubbed her arm atop the blanket. She felt comforted, yet leery at the same time. He was so sweet, so safe. And that frightened her. Was she fal ing for him? What a disaster that would be. But for now, she was so cold, and he felt so good next to her.

“It’s starting to snow.” Emily leaned forward and gazed into the night as white flecks of powder pelted the windshield of the buggy. “Mamm is going to be frantic.”

“I’l talk to her when we get there and tel her this is my fault.”

“No, no. You don’t have to do that.” Emily felt him pul her closer, and she felt warm inside, if not on the outside. “It’s not your fault, any more so than mine.”

She slowly rested her head against the crook of his arm and al her worries of the past began to fade . . . only to have new ones come into view.

DAVID COULDN’T DENY how good it felt to have Emily snuggle up next to him. He was glad that she now felt comfortable around him. They’d formed a bond over the past few weeks, and it was a welcome change from the frightened woman he’d first met. But he could tel by his growing feelings that he would need to put some distance between them. Emily had been hurt enough. Fal ing for her would only hurt them both in the long run.

“David?”

Her head shifted from against his chest, putting her face almost close enough that he could have easily leaned down and kissed her, and the sweet sound of her voice only made him want to do so even more. He took a deep breath. “Ya? ”

“I’m glad . ..” She paused, and even in the moonlight he could see a twinkle in her big brown eyes. “I’m glad we’re friends.”

She smiled up at him, then lowered her face and once again nuzzled against him. He pul ed her closer, knowing he shouldn’t, but as the warmth of her body comforted his, something about Emily Detweiler warmed his soul as wel . She made him want to be a whole man, someone with a long life ahead of him.

VERA WHIPPED THE buggy into the Stoltzfuses’ driveway, against Elam’s wishes. “Vera, I’m sure everything is fine,” he’d said earlier.

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