13 Chapter 13

For the first time, Jude realized how young and inexperienced she was, and it made him wonder why she would leave her home in Boston to come out west instead of sending some man to take care of her business for her. He knew in that moment that if she belonged to him, he would take better care of her.

If she belonged to me.

“Look, I just came to see if you were all right. Now that I know you’re okay, I guess I should leave.”

“I’m sorry I disturbed your sleep. As you can see, I’m fine. I just had a bad dream.”

“Yeah,” he said, reaching up and combing his hair with his fingers. “Then I guess I should leave.”

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