The Officer And the Bostoner (Historical Western Romance) (Fort Gibson Officers Series, book 1)
“Perhaps it was weariness from traveling for so long. Or being abandoned in this forsaken place had finally fully sunk in, and so had the understanding that if Nicholas didn’t come back for her, she’d have to stay forever. Or the realization that she was terrible at everything she attempted that Wes and others expected her to be good at.
Whatever it was, a flood of emotions had finally caught up to her and she’d let her guard down, then done the one thing she’d vowed never to do: make a spectacle of herself with tears.
Not that Wes had said anything to her about it, as she half-expected him to. No, he just pulled her close and held her, which, while a very sweet gesture, was just as bad as if he had mocked her. She couldn’t deny he was charming with his easy grin and quick wit. Now it would be even harder not to notice all of his endearing qualities—not that she thought for one moment she’d be able to anyway, considering how much Mrs.
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