The Highlander's Runaway Bride (2015)
“Even two days later, when the bleeding ceased, she could not meet his gaze. Such an intimate thing to ask.
At home, she understood that even the servants knew the timing and length or even the absence of her courses. ’Twas how her mother and then her father had learned of her disobedience and her condition. Those who washed the laundry knew. Those who cleaned her chambers knew. From the time of her first one until the time she delivered her daughter, someone knew.
And now, the man she c...alled husband knew. Eva pressed her cool hand to her heated cheek as she walked to Margaret’s cottage in the village. He had not asked her again, but she understood the reason behind it. He’d suspected she had a lover and might be carrying. With the way she’d run away and everything else that had happened, it did not surprise her. He, and the Mackintosh as well, must have thought that was the reason for marrying her off so quickly.
He was not far off the truth of the matter and only in the timing of her disgrace by a few months.MoreLess
At home, she understood that even the servants knew the timing and length or even the absence of her courses. ’Twas how her mother and then her father had learned of her disobedience and her condition. Those who washed the laundry knew. Those who cleaned her chambers knew. From the time of her first one until the time she delivered her daughter, someone knew.
And now, the man she c...alled husband knew. Eva pressed her cool hand to her heated cheek as she walked to Margaret’s cottage in the village. He had not asked her again, but she understood the reason behind it. He’d suspected she had a lover and might be carrying. With the way she’d run away and everything else that had happened, it did not surprise her. He, and the Mackintosh as well, must have thought that was the reason for marrying her off so quickly.
He was not far off the truth of the matter and only in the timing of her disgrace by a few months.MoreLess
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