Hagan 02 - Rafferty's Wife by Kay Hooper

Author:Kay Hooper [Hooper, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Romance, Suspense, Undercover Operations, Love Stories, Caribbean Area, Cryptographers, Spy Stories, Espionage
ISBN: 9780553590630
Google: lWVTy3kUPIoC
Amazon: 0553590634
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1987-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

Six

Sarah watched him sleep. There was, even in sleep, nothing Innocent about him. The strength she had first sensed was plain now. His long, lean body was relaxed but there was a curious suggestion of tautness, an aura of latent power in the hard planes and angles.

She remembered her tiger-in-a-cage analogy, remembered once seeing just such a creature. Sleek, graceful even in stillness, the cat had exuded a raw, vital strength cloaked in beauty. And when vivid yellow eyes had opened, instantly alert, thou-sands of years of feline pride and power had gazed from their topaz depths.

She looked into Rafferty's eyes as they opened, and a surge of heat tingled throughout her body. The pride and the power were there, she saw, and with it a warm glow of love. Humbled, she wondered what generous fate had seen fit to gift her with this man's heart.

"I love you," she whispered.

He pulled her back down beside him, smiling tenderly. "I love you, my Sarah," he said, kissing her. "You're crying," he realized a moment later, concern tightening his features.

She managed a shaky laugh, and her fingers eased the tension from his face. "Because I love you. Because I feel so ... lucky."

Rafferty smiled again. "Will you cry at our wedding?" he asked.

Sarah became still, gazing up at him. "Wedding?"

"Wedding. As in two people being joined in the bonds of matrimony."

She tried to think past the dizzying feeling of happiness. "It isn't very wise to make long-range plans in a situation like this," she reminded him in a husky voice.

He looked at her for a moment, still smiling. "Do you know how the dictionary defines determined, my Sarah?"

Silent, she waited.

"As 'fixed in purpose; resolute; firm.' That's me. I am quite determined that you will marry me."

"You're no shabby tiger," she whispered, almost to herself.

Clearly, Rafferty recognized the reference. His smile widened. "I'm glad you think so. And I assume that means you understand the definition of determined."

"Yes. I think I do." Her arms slid around his neck. A few moments later, she said, "We didn't eat dinner." "Who cares?"

They didn't eat breakfast either, at least not really. What they ate, somewhere around noon, was lunch. Harry, who cleared up last night's congealed meal, said not a word, and if anything he seemed more cheerful than usual while he served their lunch.

"I told you he was a romantic," Sarah observed when the cabin "boy" had gone. Then, in puzzlement, she added, "But how on earth did he know? The food?"

They were both fully dressed and eating with a deserved appetite, and Rafferty spared a moment to study her thoughtfully. Then he smiled. "There's just something about the morning after," he answered. "You're glowing."

Sarah resisted an urge to get up and look into a mirror. "Am I? Well," she said firmly, "you look different too."

"I didn't notice it when I shaved."

"You'll notice it when male lawyers stop under-estimating you in court."

Rafferty looked startled. "Assuming you're right about that, why would they stop? I have exactly the same face I had last night, and for a consider-able number of years before.

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