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She laughed, so he noted she did , picked up her glass “What the hell, I’ll oblige you And when I’ive you a ride you won’t soon forget”
Lust he’d thought sated for the ily into his belly “Well, in that case”—he poured wine into his own glass, teasing it to the riet drunk”
“I like it here,” she announced Pushing back fro of carved stone It must have cost a fortune to have it quarried, then shipped—but he was Roarke, after all
Leaning over, she watched the light and water show, scanned the buildings, all doant to house the suames they would come to play
The casino was coolden ball in the dark One of the dozen pools was lighted for the night and the water glis and reseined what they would be like in six loith jewels They would come to be pampered within the marble walls of the spa with its mud baths and body enhancement facilities, its soft-spoken consultants and solicitous droids They’d come to lose fortunes in the casino, to drink exclusive liquor in the clubs, to make love to the hard and soft bodies of licensed companions
Roarke would offer them a world, and they could come But it wouldn’t be her world when they filled it She was more comfortable with the streets, the noisy half world of law and criht, as he’d come from the same place as she So he had offered her this when it was only theirs
“You’re going to ainst the rail
“That’s the plan”
“No” She shook her head, pleased that it was already starting to swi that people will talk about for centuries, that they’ll drea thief who ran the back alleys of Dublin, Roarke”
His smile was slow and just a little sly “Not so very far, Lieutenant I’ally as I can Being married to a cop limits certain activities”
She frowned at him now “I don’t want to hear about them”
“Darling Eve” He rose, brought the bottle with him “So by-the-book Still so unsettled that she’s fallen ain, then set the bottle aside “One that only o was on her short list of murder suspects”
“You enjoy that? Being suspicious?”
“I do” He skimmed a thumb over a cheekbone where a bruise had faded away—except in his mind “And I worry about you a little” A lot, he admitted to himself
“I’ood cop”