The Groom's Gamble
“And as a man who usually had ten things to do at any given moment, the act of brooding was unusual and unwelcome. But he couldn’t stop.
She’d nearly been killed. He didn’t think her name. He’d long since discarded the formal “Mrs. Lyncott” or the informal “Caroline” in his thoughts. The first didn’t fit, and the second was far from appropriate. So, in his mind, she was always she. And she had nearly been killed.
She also had old, brutal scars on her chest. He had seen them in her few un...guarded moments right after the attack. He hadn’t said anything then. God knew it was none of his business, but he had still asked the doctor about them. Still pushed his nose into her affairs because he’d been unable to stop himself.
“Old wounds,” the doctor had said. “She said they were from a childhood accident.”
Like hell they were. No one accidentally had the initials DP carved into her chest.MoreLess
She’d nearly been killed. He didn’t think her name. He’d long since discarded the formal “Mrs. Lyncott” or the informal “Caroline” in his thoughts. The first didn’t fit, and the second was far from appropriate. So, in his mind, she was always she. And she had nearly been killed.
She also had old, brutal scars on her chest. He had seen them in her few un...guarded moments right after the attack. He hadn’t said anything then. God knew it was none of his business, but he had still asked the doctor about them. Still pushed his nose into her affairs because he’d been unable to stop himself.
“Old wounds,” the doctor had said. “She said they were from a childhood accident.”
Like hell they were. No one accidentally had the initials DP carved into her chest.MoreLess
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