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Just over teeks before, he had watched her walk toward hiown of rich bronze, flowers in her hands The bruises on her face a killer had put there only hours before had been softened under cos brandy-colored eyes that showed so much, he’d seen nerves and amusement

Here we go, Roarke He’d nearly heard her say it as she put her hand in his For better or worse I’ll take you on God help us

Now she wore his ring, and he hers He’d insisted on that, though such traditions weren’t strictly fashionable in the ible reminder of what they were to each other, the symbol of it

Now he picked up her hand, kissed her finger above the ornately etched gold band he’d had les of her face, the overwide mouth, the short cap of brown hair tousled into spikes

“I love you, Eve”

Faint color blooht He wondered if she had any idea how huge was her own heart

“I know” She opened her eyes “I’et used to it”

“Good”

Listening to the song of water lapping on sand, of balh feathery palms, she lifted a hand, brushed the hair back froht, powerful, wealthy, ier And he’d done it for her

“You make me happy”

His grin flashed, ht “I know” With easy, effortless strength, he lifted her up and over until she straddled hi, slihaied you off planet for the last part of our honeymoon?”

She gri-in-at-the-heels refusal to board the transport he’d had waiting, and how he had roared with laughter and had tossed her over his shoulder, cli him

“I liked Paris,” she said with a sniff “And I loved the e had on the island I didn’t see any reason for us to co to spend most of our time in bed anyway”

“You were scared” It had delighted him that she’d been unnerved by the prospect of her first off planet voyage, and it had pleasured him to keep her occupied and distracted for the bulk of the trip

“I was not” Boneless, she thought Scared boneless “I was justifiably annoyed that you’dthem with me”