Texas Moon Th4
“Peter lay on his back, looking up from the floor in more astonishment than anger. This was his mild-mannered schoolmarm?
"This is a marriage, not a business!" She grabbed a pillow and flung it at him.
He threw up an arm and shielded himself from the bombardment, knocking the pillow aside. He was rather too aware that he was naked and relatively defenseless, but his astonishment melted into the anger. "I keep my promises, dammit!" he yelled back. "I promised to make you happy and to take care of... you, and I damned well mean to do just that. I don't own a ranch. I can't keep you here without making money somehow. So I'm doing it the only way I know how." He jumped up and grabbed the next pillow she meant to fling at him.
"By leaving me here! Damn you, Peter Mulloney, what do you think I am? A liar? I told you I love you. Didn't that sink into your thick head?" The noise they created had someone pounding on the door again, but they both ignored the intrusion.
"Love hasn't got anything to do with money!MoreLess
"This is a marriage, not a business!" She grabbed a pillow and flung it at him.
He threw up an arm and shielded himself from the bombardment, knocking the pillow aside. He was rather too aware that he was naked and relatively defenseless, but his astonishment melted into the anger. "I keep my promises, dammit!" he yelled back. "I promised to make you happy and to take care of... you, and I damned well mean to do just that. I don't own a ranch. I can't keep you here without making money somehow. So I'm doing it the only way I know how." He jumped up and grabbed the next pillow she meant to fling at him.
"By leaving me here! Damn you, Peter Mulloney, what do you think I am? A liar? I told you I love you. Didn't that sink into your thick head?" The noise they created had someone pounding on the door again, but they both ignored the intrusion.
"Love hasn't got anything to do with money!MoreLess
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