Heart on a Chain

by Cindy C. Bennett

  Oh, she’ll protest. She’ll tell me that she isn’t good enough to be a doctor’s wife, that others in my profession will shun her. She’s wrong.

  Kate has never been able to see herself as she truly is. A spurt of anger shoots through me when I think of what was done to her, why she has such a flawed vision of herself. I tamp it down; she’s taught me about forgiveness, about letting go, so I’m working on it.

  What she doesn’t know is what I see. If anyone tries to look down on her, tries to make her think she is less than them, she will raze them with her quiet dignity. She isn’t the cowering mouse she used to be.

  I look over at her once again, see the curve of her mouth as she bumps her shoulder against mine.

  “Quit staring at me,” the gesture says. The great thing about gestures is how easy they are to ignore. She glances at me and I see it—that glint of pride and confidence that comes through when she isn’t guarding against it.

  They won’t be thinking she’s not good enough for me; they’ll be wondering why she’s with me. I don’t really care, as long as she is with me.

  “That’s it for today,” the professor announces, and I quickly shove my books into my backpack, as Kate slowly layers her books by size in her backpack that I bought her. Impatiently, I scoot hers off the edge of the table into the bag, dragging her up with me amidst her protests, hurrying her out of the room.

  “Henry, what—”

  I cut her words off with my mouth as I push her into a nearby alcove, needing to have her in my arms. She responds immediately, flame meeting flame.

  “What was that for?” she asks breathlessly when I let her up for air.

  “Does it matter?” I tease.

  “Nope,” she grins, pulling me back down for another kiss.

  Yup, I’m definitely going to have to push for that wedding—and soon. I can’t imagine anything better, anything I want more, or anything I will ever want more, than to hold her in my arms.

  For always.

  The End

  For my beautiful Lindsay, without whom this story never would have come to be. I wished for you so hard, and have never been anything but grateful that I got even more than I wished for!

  Other Smashwords titles by Cindy C Bennett:

  Geek Girl

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  This book is a work of fiction. Any similarities to

  actual persons, living or dead, real places or events are

  entirely coincidental. All characters, places and events

  are products of the author’s imagination.