The Beautiful Stranger by London Julia

Author:London, Julia [London, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781417712632
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2001-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

How he managed to acquire a horse of acceptable caliber at all on Loch Eigg would remain a mystery to Arthur for the rest of his natural life, he supposed, but there had appeared an old man as bent and gnarled as an old oak tree, leading a very fine mount. Arthur stopped him, asked him if his horse might be for sale or let, and after some fierce haggling, handed over yet another royal fortune and Thomas in trade.

The steed was worth the investment; apparently grateful to be given his head, he flew from the banks of Loch Eigg, gobbling up yard after yard of Scottish heath in response to Arthurs anxiousness to reach Glenbaden and Kerry. But as the miles stretched long behind them, he was increasingly anxious that he had not exactly worked out the details of what he would do once he arrived in Glenbaden.

Assuming the McKinnons had actually received the letter from Regis, it hardly seemed appropriate to come barreling into their midst and announce that he was the one behind their eviction. Honestly, there didnt seem to be a very delicate way of telling them the truth, or making Kerry understand he hadnt

known it was she. Or that he was determined to fix this mess, that he would never hurt her, never intentionally harm her never leave her.

Bloody hell, it was that thought that kept coming back to him, again and again, intruding uninvited into his mind. The same thought that had dogged him about the links, trapped in the cage of his heart.

He didnt want to leave her.

He didnt want to spend another day without her.

It had taken four days of solitary golfing to reach that agonizing conclusion, four days of restless dreams, and worse, visions of her in broad daylight as he stared out over the course. He had at first assumed he was as infatuated as he had been when he was blinded and muted by Portias beauty almost twenty years ago. And had assumed, therefore, that this, too, would pass.

But there was something that bothered him, something that didnt quite fit with the notion of a mere infatuation. It was something inextricably tangled with the memory of that fantastic night of lovemaking and the rather tender feelings that had very nearly bowled him over. Feelings so strong yet so strangely elusive that he wasnt at all certain what label to put on them, and hadnt known until the moment Regis said what he had done. In that moment, when he had understood that Kerry had received the letter evicting her, his heart seemed to explode within him. A burst of regret and anxiety had hit him square in the gut and he had no idea how he moved from there. He only knew that he had to get to Kerry and make her understand that he hadnt known it was her, that he could never do that to her because he he Good God, he loved her.

The regret and

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