The Marvelous Mustanger by Danni Roan

Author:Danni Roan [Roan, Danni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Barbara looked down at the soft dress she wore. Her imagination must have really been working overtime to conjure this up.

As she and Chance had prepared to say I do at the prompting of the priest the little man had waved them away.

“No young woman should be married dressed in such a way,” the man had said. “I have items for the mission on my mule. We will find you a dress for the occasion,” he had insisted as he hurried to make good on his word.

Barb grinned again thinking of the little man rummaging through his packs until he’d found the soft blue gingham. It wasn’t what she would have envisioned her wedding dress to be, but it was floor length, and the row of soft ruffles around the bodice gave it a sense of elegance.

Straightening the wrinkled skirts, she smiled again. At least the priest hadn’t presented her with a corset and petty coats. She wouldn’t tell him she was still wearing her jodhpurs under the slip.

“Are you ready Miss Cooper?” the priest called as he stood in the glow of the fire flanked by the men.

“Ready as I’ll ever be,” she called a cheeky grin spreading across her face. She was marrying the man of her dreams in the most literal sense, and though she knew it couldn’t last, it gave her heart wings.

Chance turned seeing Miss Cooper step into the ring of light cast by the fire. She was beautiful in a blue and white dress with a soft ruffle around the top. She’d let her hair down and it flowed in cascading waves of shimmering chestnut down her back.

Barb looked up into the glowing eyes of her intended and her heart fluttered. He’d washed his face and combed his hair, but the smile on his lips was what made him the most attractive man in the world. She could see in a glance that he wasn’t going into this arrangement grudgingly but with an open heart.

Chance reached out and took Barbara’s hand in his, squeezing it gently to let her know that everything would be alright. Her hand was warm and strong in his, and he knew that a woman like this only came around once in a lifetime.

Perhaps if he tried his best, he could truly win her heart. He frowned slightly as they turned toward the priest. Would she simply leave him and go back to her time though. How could he guard his heart against that?

Barb looked up at Chance seeing a scowl mar his forehead. Had she done something wrong? He suddenly looked so serious. She squeezed his hand back feeling hard calluses under her fingers.

Chance smiled softly, nodding to the priest who began saying the words that would bind them as man and wife.

Barb tried to concentrate on the words the priest was saying. Taking her time to repeat each word as she was prompted and savoring the memory of this moment. When the words were all spoken, and the priest pronounced them man and wife, she turned to Chance looking up at him hopefully.

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