Spring's Tender Heart by Laura Landon

Author:Laura Landon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2020-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Every day seemed endless. Jonah knew that was because of the effort it took to avoid running into Emma. And yet…she consumed every second of his thoughts.

He couldn’t stop thinking about her. About what she was doing. Whether or not she thought about him even once a day. Or more. But most of all, he wondered if she relived the kiss they’d shared. And if it tortured her as much as it did him.

After Constance had chosen death rather than spend her life as his wife, Jonah was certain he would never find a woman who could overlook the rumors that surrounded him. Or the scar that marred his face. Or the recluse he’d become. Or any of a hundred other things about him that made him someone no female would want as her husband. And yet the kiss he and Emma had shared amid the spring’s budding garden told him something altogether different. The kiss they’d shared woke emotions he thought were long dead.

But she had chosen escape, and he would honor that.

Jonah rose from his desk and walked out the paned double doors that led to the terrace. He braced his hands on the balustrade and looked out onto the garden. The weather had changed since Emma had arrived. It was warmer now. The sun shone with regularity and the crocuses and daffodils were peeking through the soil. Leaves were turning the branches green and buds were popping open.

Jonah had always observed the awakening of the flowers and the blossoming of everything that had lain dormant throughout the winter merely as a botanical event. But since Emma had come into his life, he felt that every part of him was awakening. That something inside him had come to life.

He pounded his fist against the railing in frustration. Such feelings were futile. Nothing could come of the emotions that blossomed inside of him. No matter how much he might care for her, he had nothing to recommend himself to Emma. He had nothing to offer her. Nothing at all. Not even a decent roof over her head.

Jonah pushed himself away from the railing and walked from the terrace to follow one of the paths in the garden. He needed to think. He needed to plan. He needed to do what was best for Emma. And only one thing was best for her. That was for her to get as far away from England as possible and make a new life for herself in Virginia.

He’d only taken a few steps when he saw her. She was sitting on a wrought-iron bench with a book in her hands. Her eyes weren’t focused on the words in the book, but staring into space as if she were deep in thought.

Jonah knew he should make his presence known, but he’d rather use the little time he had until she saw him to study her. He wanted to look at her features and put them to memory so that when she was no longer with him, he could still recall every detail of her.

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