Stone Creek 5 - The Bridegroom by Linda Lael Miller

Author:Linda Lael Miller
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-07-10T18:30:00+00:00

Sending Gideon to prison was unthinkable, of course.

And yet, for one moment of vengeful temptation, Lydia considered doing just that.

In the next, she dismissed the idea.

Clasping her hands together in her lap, she lowered her head, too mortified to meet Rowdy’s gaze because she was afraid, if he looked into her eyes, he’d see that for the merest fraction of a heartbeat—

She started slightly, but did not pull away, when Rowdy reached across the table and clasped her hand, squeezed it briefly before letting go. “Do you love my brother, Lydia?” he asked, very quietly.

Lydia bit down hard on her lower lip. She wanted a life like Lark’s, even after what she’d seen the woman endure, a life like Sarah’s—a loving husband, babies of her own, a real, true home.

Could she have those things with Gideon?

Surely not. He’d already told her he didn’t mean to stay in Stone Creek.

Still, she could not deny Rowdy an answer, because he’d asked so gently, as though he really cared.

Wretchedly, she nodded. “Yes,” she said. “I love Gideon.”

“But?” Rowdy prompted, still gentle. It touched Lydia deeply that, after all he’d seen Lark go through, all the suffering that had caused him, he genuinely wanted to help.

“He doesn’t love me in return,” Lydia managed, in such a small voice that Rowdy leaned forward a little to hear.

Playing on the floor, Marietta recited, “He doesn’t love me in return.”

“Hush,” Rowdy told his daughter, without looking in her direction. “I’m sorry, Lydia—she’s like a little parrot. Repeats everything.”

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