Loved Back To Health Ch 8

Adreanna was now being held in Jacks arms. She didn't fight when he took her back over to the bed; she just surrendered herself into his arms.

"I didn't do anything to ye miss. I just didn't want you getting a fever. I wanted you to be around in the future. And you wanted your clothes off. I promise I didn't do nothing." She was now lying back in his bed looking up at him. She could see in his eyes that he wasn't lying about what he said.

"What a way to start off a relationship." Adreanna said weakly.

"Aye." Replied Jack.

"Speaking of relationships, you kept mumbling the name Audrey. Dare I ask what the story is behind him?" Adreanna had dreaded this moment. She didn't want to ever have to talk about Audrey again. There was so much pain behind that name that she just preferred to keep it a secret. But she could trust Jack. Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing to tell him. She sighed and resigned herself to the fact that he would have to know sooner or later.

"It's a hard memory for me to tell."

"Go on luv."

"I was only 16. My parents had arranged a marriage for me to a man named Audrey Kensey. We would see each other often in the time leading up to our wedding day. I fell in love with him. The night before we where to be married, I found him with another girl. She was prettier than I, and I soon learned that she was far wealthier too. I was so angry at my parents that I left home, and vowed never to return. I didn't even go to their funeral when they died. Since then I've been working from place to place. Doing what it took to make ends meet. I even slept with more men then I would care to remember. I never wanted it to be that way, but then I'd never planned on running away from home either."

Now everything was making sense. He understood why there had been so much anger in her eyes, and so much sadness, her hesitancy towards him was only out of pain. Nothing more.

"That's all over now though, you can forget about all that has happened. We can begin new lives and live without the pain and regret of the past. I've had more than my fair share of wenches, but I put all that behind me when I met you." Adreanna felt better now that she had told someone her story. There was less of a burden on her shoulders. She felt completely comfortable around jack.

"You should eat something luv. I'll go warm you some broth." With that she smiled and he left the room with the uneaten broth from the night before. She lay back and felt the sweet relief that came with having someone who could help her when she needed it most." Jack came back moments later with fresh bowl of broth. He set it down on the bedside table and helped her sit up. "So will you stay?" She smiled again. Words weren't needed for him to know her answer. It went beyond what words could express, and so he fed her, cared for her and loved her back to health.