To Win Her Heart
“Which probably explained why she just stood in the doorway, blinking stupidly at the woman on her porch.
“Chloe is here, ain’t she?”
Violet’s question snapped Eden out of her fog. “Yes. Of course.” She stepped back and swung the door wide. “Please, come in.”
The woman swept past her, and Eden had to admit that she hid her identity well. Just like Chloe, her face was scrubbed clean of paint, her dress was modest and well tailored, even her hair was done up in a fashionable chignon. I...f her eyes hadn’t been so cold and her grammar so atrocious, she could have been mistaken for one of the women of the Ladies Aid Society.
Determined not to be caught gawking again, Eden closed the door and bustled forward to lead Violet into the reading room. “Chloe is in the kitchen. If you will follow me through here?”
The carpet muffled their footfalls, and a pervading awkwardness muzzled their tongues.MoreLess
“Chloe is here, ain’t she?”
Violet’s question snapped Eden out of her fog. “Yes. Of course.” She stepped back and swung the door wide. “Please, come in.”
The woman swept past her, and Eden had to admit that she hid her identity well. Just like Chloe, her face was scrubbed clean of paint, her dress was modest and well tailored, even her hair was done up in a fashionable chignon. I...f her eyes hadn’t been so cold and her grammar so atrocious, she could have been mistaken for one of the women of the Ladies Aid Society.
Determined not to be caught gawking again, Eden closed the door and bustled forward to lead Violet into the reading room. “Chloe is in the kitchen. If you will follow me through here?”
The carpet muffled their footfalls, and a pervading awkwardness muzzled their tongues.MoreLess
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