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Rafe Her husband

Dear Lord Was this really happening?

Her ht?”

“Yes Absolutely I’ when Rafe is here, I promise” She asked that her father be there, too

And heron

Genny hugged her and whispered, “Two o’clock We’ll tell you all of it then” And she escaped before her mother could ask any more questions

Back in her apartment, she called Rafe and told hiht to her rooms as she’d asked him to do

She gestured hiood you’re here early We’ll have a little time to plan”

“There’s more to plan?” He sounded doubtful

She stepped back to get a good look at him “You lookterrific” She felt oddly breathless suddenly Because he did look wonderful in a fine lightweight jacket and trousers Wonderful in a colish ith his thick black curls, full lips, black velvet eyes and huge, hard body A savage in a suit The scar only added to the impression of otherness

“And you are beautiful,” he said in that carefully controlled, formal way he had

She wasn’t, not really Her mother was beautiful And her four sisters, too Genny was theof all of theh, but nothing spectacular She smoothed her hair and adjusted her fitted white jacket, which she’d worn over a simple jewel-blue shirtwaist dress, an outfit she’d dee “Thank you—did you reach Eloise?”

“I did”

“Did you tell her there will be a baby?”

“Yes”

Genny gulped “How did she take it?”

“She was pleased on all counts”

“She wasn’t surprisedyou know, that you and I were, um, lovers?”

He looked at her with infinite patience “Nothing surprises randmother You should know that”