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Authors: Patricia Hagan
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Kitty carefully. “But really, now, if you’re going to go man-chasing the very minute your husband gets the good sense to leave you, I should think you would wear some decent clothes.”
Jerome moved to slip his arm around his wife’s shoulders. “Now, darling, it isn’t what you think. Kitty was a bit hysterical. She was getting too close to the train, and—”
Nancy silenced him with a frosty look. “I saw and heard the whole thing, you ninny. Don’t lie to me. Travis left her, and I say good riddance to him. What happens to her now is her concern, not yours.”
His eyes narrowed. He had always hated for Nancy to make him look like a fool in public, and in front of Kitty it was even worse. “Don’t tell me what to do, woman. Kitty is a friend of mine and always will be. So you take Cousin Leroy to the carriage, and ask him if he collected all his luggage. I will see that Kitty gets to hers. She’s upset.”
“You’re coming with me!” Nancy stomped her foot, swinging her parasol at Kitty in a menacing gesture. “I’ll not have you escorting this trollop for the whole town to see and laugh at me.”
“Nancy, I won’t have you calling her names, and I won’t have you ordering me about. I am your husband, and you will do as I say.”
Kitty had had enough of the two pompous idiots. She turned and hurried toward the wagon where Lottie was waiting with John.
Jerome called after her, but she kept on going. He started to follow, but Nancy reached out and clutched his sleeve, hissing, “Damn you, don’t you dare go running after her and make me look like a fool.”
“You’ve already done a good job of that all by yourself, Nancy,” he snapped, shoving her and hurrying away. Kitty had already untied the mule and was climbing into the wagon beside Lottie and John.
Nancy watched her husband go, eyes narrowed, fury making her body quiver. She could not hear what was being said between the two, but Jerome’s expression told her that he was pleading, and Kitty looked angry. No matter, Nancy thought with a swish of her skirts, turning away. This was all an act, anyway. Now that Travis was gone, Kitty would do what she had always done when she was without a man. She would go after Nancy’s man. Only this time, she would not get him.
She had wooed Nathan away with her filthy hayloft tricks that drove him wild, Nancy thought for the hundredth time, with hatred burning through her. She had done the same thing with Corey McRae. Why, before Kitty Wright came back to town, Corey was on the verge of asking Nancy to marry him. But whatever it was that Kitty did to men—and it was probably something no respectable woman would ever think of doing—she had done to Corey, for he was quickly smitten with her.
So, now that Travis had left, Nancy fumed, Kitty would try to take Jerome away from her. As much as she hated to admit it, Kitty had almost succeeded once before, but had thrown Jerome over for Travis. Nancy sighed. She couldn’t really blame Kitty. Jerome might be her husband, but he wasn’t a tenth of the man Travis Coltrane was. A smile touched her lips and a warm flush crept through her body as she remembered the night Kitty had walked into the hotel room and found Nancy and Travis naked in bed. God, she would never forget what had taken place during those wild, passionate moments. No man had ever possessed her like that. No man had ever made her feel thundering emotions that left her shaking. Nancy had never known the wonder of it all with any other man.
Oh, damn Kitty, she cursed, bosom heaving with emotion. Damn her to hell! Jerome still wanted Kitty, Nancy knew it. What was it about her that drove men wild? She was beautiful, yes, with golden-red hair and violet eyes and a perfectly sculptured body, but that wasn’t all. No, there had to be something else, something secret. Perhaps she was a witch. Nancy laughed, thinking that she might just have discovered Kitty’s secret after all these
Jerome moved to slip his arm around his wife’s shoulders. “Now, darling, it isn’t what you think. Kitty was a bit hysterical. She was getting too close to the train, and—”
Nancy silenced him with a frosty look. “I saw and heard the whole thing, you ninny. Don’t lie to me. Travis left her, and I say good riddance to him. What happens to her now is her concern, not yours.”
His eyes narrowed. He had always hated for Nancy to make him look like a fool in public, and in front of Kitty it was even worse. “Don’t tell me what to do, woman. Kitty is a friend of mine and always will be. So you take Cousin Leroy to the carriage, and ask him if he collected all his luggage. I will see that Kitty gets to hers. She’s upset.”
“You’re coming with me!” Nancy stomped her foot, swinging her parasol at Kitty in a menacing gesture. “I’ll not have you escorting this trollop for the whole town to see and laugh at me.”
“Nancy, I won’t have you calling her names, and I won’t have you ordering me about. I am your husband, and you will do as I say.”
Kitty had had enough of the two pompous idiots. She turned and hurried toward the wagon where Lottie was waiting with John.
Jerome called after her, but she kept on going. He started to follow, but Nancy reached out and clutched his sleeve, hissing, “Damn you, don’t you dare go running after her and make me look like a fool.”
“You’ve already done a good job of that all by yourself, Nancy,” he snapped, shoving her and hurrying away. Kitty had already untied the mule and was climbing into the wagon beside Lottie and John.
Nancy watched her husband go, eyes narrowed, fury making her body quiver. She could not hear what was being said between the two, but Jerome’s expression told her that he was pleading, and Kitty looked angry. No matter, Nancy thought with a swish of her skirts, turning away. This was all an act, anyway. Now that Travis was gone, Kitty would do what she had always done when she was without a man. She would go after Nancy’s man. Only this time, she would not get him.
She had wooed Nathan away with her filthy hayloft tricks that drove him wild, Nancy thought for the hundredth time, with hatred burning through her. She had done the same thing with Corey McRae. Why, before Kitty Wright came back to town, Corey was on the verge of asking Nancy to marry him. But whatever it was that Kitty did to men—and it was probably something no respectable woman would ever think of doing—she had done to Corey, for he was quickly smitten with her.
So, now that Travis had left, Nancy fumed, Kitty would try to take Jerome away from her. As much as she hated to admit it, Kitty had almost succeeded once before, but had thrown Jerome over for Travis. Nancy sighed. She couldn’t really blame Kitty. Jerome might be her husband, but he wasn’t a tenth of the man Travis Coltrane was. A smile touched her lips and a warm flush crept through her body as she remembered the night Kitty had walked into the hotel room and found Nancy and Travis naked in bed. God, she would never forget what had taken place during those wild, passionate moments. No man had ever possessed her like that. No man had ever made her feel thundering emotions that left her shaking. Nancy had never known the wonder of it all with any other man.
Oh, damn Kitty, she cursed, bosom heaving with emotion. Damn her to hell! Jerome still wanted Kitty, Nancy knew it. What was it about her that drove men wild? She was beautiful, yes, with golden-red hair and violet eyes and a perfectly sculptured body, but that wasn’t all. No, there had to be something else, something secret. Perhaps she was a witch. Nancy laughed, thinking that she might just have discovered Kitty’s secret after all these
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