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“Yes I'er”

He nodded “Ma'aer I trust that your journey was not too arduous?”

I could only shake e that I was bound to this man, this man, until death parted us

“I'm relieved to hear that” He leaned in close, his eyes darted from mine, to ined,” he whispered

My cheeks flah me at his pleased words

“Are you hungry?”

My sto Just the sight of the ue-tied and flustered He wasto the eye that it was almost unbelievable I'd never seen a rew them well in Montana - a different breed of man entirely

Mr Beecha, with a double chin and pasty complexion Perhapsa fate that would have been quite unappealing and depressingly lifelong

“No, thank you,” I murmured

“If it's all right with you, I'd like to stop at the church tohis arm

I took it absently We were legallyplace in a sterile office in St Louis, the er's proxy It was a typical scenario, wedding in this fashion prior to cross-country travel It kept both bride and groo their minds at moments just like this one Why would I back out? Theto every one of my feminine senses I was thrilled to be m

arried to him The very idea he wanted to consecrate the union in a church only endeared me to him all the more

“We have a ride ahead of us back to the ranch and on't be returning to town this week, thus the desire for iht and I thought you ”

I gulped at the very idea of sharing a bed with this man The notion was not at all unpleasant Nonetheless, I was nervous and apprehensive at the daunting, and unfa as Mr Beecham had? And with him, I'd been fully clothed “Do you thinkdo you think we can hold off on, um, marital relations until we know each other a little better?"