Christmas Eve Marriage by Jessica Hart

Author:Jessica Hart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

SO IT was Rhys. How about that?

Rhys. With one peculiarly detached part of her mind, Thea was astounded. It had been odd enough when she had thought that wanting this ordinary-looking man with his slightly greying hair and his reading glasses and his passion for rocks was a purely physical thing.

And now she had to face the fact that it was so much more than that.

She had never felt this before—this sense of recognition, of utter certainty that he was the one, the man she could love for the rest of her life. There he was, peering over his glasses, the only man who could make her happy, and, odd or not, no one else would do.

It was an amazing feeling. Thea felt her heart swell and lift with the simple relief of being able to look at him, to think I love you and be absolutely sure. She shook her head slightly with a kind of dazed and joyful disbelief. All he had done was to put his glasses on, and this had happened!

Thea looked slowly around, expecting everything to be different and was unable to understand why it wasn’t. The world hadn’t stopped at all. The boys were still showing off on their skateboards, the boats still rocked gently on their moorings, the waiter had deposited a bottle on the next table and disappeared back into the kitchen. Clara and Sophie were listening avidly to Rhys.

Not one of them realised that her life had changed completely in a single instant and would never be the same again.

“‘You sometimes feel dissatisfied by everything,”’ Rhys finished reading Sophie’s printout, “‘but you will have a long and happy life.” So that’s all right then.’ He put down the piece of paper. ‘What does yours say, Clara?’

Clara smoothed the paper out on the table in front of her while Rhys took off his glasses and glanced across at Thea with a smile that turned her bones to water.

‘Let’s see if the Mouth of Truth can get to grips with Clara!’

“‘You could be seriously disappointed by rash ventures,”’ Clara read out loud. “‘You are full of vitality and physical pleasures.”’ Her face changed as she read the next line. “‘Beware of trying to be too clever,”’ she read with an outraged expression, only to grin reluctantly when she saw the others laughing. ‘Stupid thing.’

‘I’m beginning to think there might be something in this hand analyser after all!’ said Rhys.

‘You have a go, Dad!’

‘Yes, go on, Rhys,’ urged Clara. ‘You too, Thea!’

In the end it was easier to give in. Resigned, Rhys found another couple of coins, and they inserted their hands in the hole in the wall, feeling decidedly foolish.

‘I’ll read yours if you like, Thea,’ Clara offered when they were back at the table.

Her eyes scanned the page. ‘OK…the Mouth of Truth says that you are a very kind and loving person—that’s true, isn’t it?’ She looked up triumphantly. ‘You see, it does work!’

‘Sure,’ said Thea, rolling her eyes. ‘What else does it say?’

‘Um…you have good health but you often look for love in the wrong place.

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