The Officer and the Southerner by Rose Gordon

Author:Rose Gordon
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: West
Published: 2014-01-06T16:00:00+00:00

~Chapter Nineteen~

“Good morning.”

Ella’s eyelids fluttered open, revealing to Jack one blue and one green orb. “Good morning.”

“How do you feel?” Jack asked, propping himself up on his elbow and looking down at her.

“Better.” She reached up and brushed her hair away from her face. “What time is it?”

Jack glanced out the window. “I’d say it might be about five thirty or so.”

“Too early,” she said with a yawn.

Jack grinned. “Breakfast will be served at six.”

“Excuse me, but breakfast is served when I say it’s ready.”

Chuckling, he said, “I meant downstairs.”

“Oh good, then I’ll just go back to sleep.”

He let his eyes travel over her face. Her skin looked so much better than it had the past few days. He was tempted to look at her leg but didn’t want to startle her at his boldness and have her do something that might disrupt her scab. “If you’d like to sleep for a while longer, that’s fine, but I need to go talk to Wes before I miss him,” he fibbed. He really wanted to talk to Allison to ask her opinion on what his best course of action with Ella would be, but he didn’t want to tell that to Ella.

“I’ll start breakfast when you come back.”

“No, you won’t. You’ll just stay right there and rest.”

“Are you afraid if I move around a lot while you’re gone, we’ll have a repeat of yesterday, when you came in here and I added a little more decoration to your uniform?”

“Exactly. You just rest. I’ll be back in a little while with breakfast.”

“Thank you,” she murmured, then closed her eyes.

Wes looked relieved and Allison downright excited when Jack told them about Ella’s progress after he’d found the two of them down in the stable for the early morning ride they’d made a habit of taking each day.

Jack blew out a deep breath. “Now that she’s awake, I don’t know what to do with her.”

“Do with her?” Wes asked, lifting his eyebrows.

“She’s well enough to stay awake for a few hours. She can talk and eat without problems. But she can’t stay there alone.”

“She can join us at Mrs. Lewis’,” Allison suggested as if Jack were simpleminded.

“I don’t think she’s well enough for that.”

“Then keep her in bed,” Gray said, coming up behind Jack. He grinned. “At least that’s what I’d do.”

Jack clenched his fists. “I couldn’t care less about your opinion on the matter.”

Gray threw his hands into the air. “I was just trying to help.”

“I don’t need that kind of help, thank you.” Jack shook his head. “One day, you, too, will have a wife and I cannot wait to see just how often she allows you entry into her bed.”

“I didn’t realize you had such an interest in my private life.”

“Well, when someone like you makes his private habits so public, one can only continue to speculate.” Jack grimaced. “Anyway, Gray, this is not about you and your constant need for female companionship. I just came to ask Wes—and Allison—for advice on whether I should go to work today or stay with Ella again.

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