Honest illusions by Roberts Nora

Author:Roberts, Nora [Roberts, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 1992-06-21T04:00:00+00:00

“Who you mad at, loup?”

“No one.” Luke stood with LeClerc outside the casino, watching the dancers sway on the postage-stamp dance floor in the Monte Carlo Lounge. The quartet of Polish musicians was playing

“Night and Day” with a touch of bebop.

“So why you scowl?” LeClerc yanked at the detested tie he was obliged to wear on this last formal night of the first cruise. “That look in your eye makes the menfolk back away, and the women sigh and shiver.”

Despite his mood, Luke’s lips twitched. “Maybe that’s how I like it. Where’s that silver-haired French fox you’ve been sniffing around?”

“Marie-Clair. She’ll be along.” LeClerc chewed on his pipe while Luke lit a cigar. “A handsome woman, that. Meat on the bone and fire in the belly.” He grinned, making the pipe stem rattle against his teeth. “A rich widow is a gift from God to a man. She has jewelry. Ah.” He kissed his fingers and sighed. “Last night, I held her opal pendant in my hand. Ten carats, mon ami, perhaps twelve, circled by a dozen ten-point diamonds. But you and the rest, you make me feel guilty for even thinking about taking it from her. So tomorrow, I will bid her adieu, and she will go home to Montreal with her opal and her diamonds, with a ruby ring of exquisite proportion, and numerous other treasures that break the heart.

Only her virtue will I have stolen.”

Amused, Luke laid a hand on LeClerc’s shoulder. “Sometimes, mon ami, that is enough.” He glanced toward the forward entrance of the lounge.

Roxanne stood with her hand being kissed by the ship’s first officer. The fact that the man was tall and bronzed and Greek was bad enough. Insult was added to injury by the sound of Roxanne’s low laughter.

Her dress was a short, shimmery swath of aquamarine. Without benefit of straps, it left Roxanne’s arms and shoulders bare. It dispensed with a back altogether. What little material there was draped low at the hips and stopped teasingly at mid-thigh.

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