Montana Sunset: Mitchell's Story by L. R. Wards
Aug 17
2 min read
Ever since she could remember, Jesse had been in love with Mitchell and already knew no other man could set alight her most deepest desires, yet he continued to ignore her.
In the small town in Montana where she worked, he and his two younger brothers ran a ranch. Elder brother, Mitchell had been away for years fighting in the war and had recently returned. Jesse realised that her feelings had not changed, but neither had he.
She had confessed her feelings to him before he went away and he had shunned her. How could she possibly go out to the ranch and face him after that day?
Excerpt:
It was Monday and Jesse felt the nervousness creep in. The odd thing was, she rarely got nervous, but she couldn't help herself. There were very few things that made her that way and lately she'd been feeling a lot of it. She brushed her long blond hair back over her shoulder and picked up her purse off the table beside the door. Every Monday, Wednesday, and sometimes Friday she went out to the Wightman's Copperhead Ranch to do bookwork for them and during those two to three days the nervousness appeared and she knew the reason why.
Mitch was home.
Although it was just for a month or so for a visit and to help out at the Ranch, she couldn't help the way she felt around him and wished he'd notice her. She'd been in love with him since she could remember and he wouldn't give her the time of day despite her efforts to get noticed. Regardless she was persistent and kept trying. Not in a blatant way, but just subtle enough that a man who was interested would detect the clues. She wasn't going to chase him, no way! It would only get her heartache and Mitch wasn't a man that liked women who chased him. Besides she already had dealt with heartache from him.
So during those few days she worked out at the ranch, she took extra care to wear something nice, put a little makeup on and maybe a hint of perfume in case she saw him. If she saw him. The man was like a ghost. He'd been home for several weeks now and she hadn't seen nor heard from him. It made her think that he was purposely going out of his way to avoid her.
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