Marriage Material by Ruth Wind

Author:Ruth Wind [Wind, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373241088
Google: g_kcmc-8JdkC
Amazon: 0373241089
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1997-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

The wheel gave a jerk and moved up one more notch, putting them a little past midway. Lance listened for, but did not hear, the odd grinding.

Tamara made a soft noise and gripped the bar in front of them as the car swung faintly. "It's really high,"

she said breathlessly. "I haven't been on a Ferris wheel in a long time."

"All those wild rides, and not a peep, and now the Ferris wheel scares you?" he teased.

"Those others are all enclosed, and they just go fast or upside down."

As slowly as possible, so the car wouldn't rock, he eased closer and put his arm around her. "You can hang on to me."

Her body flowed into his, hip to hip. "Thanks."

"Ah-ha—it's a ploy, isn't it? You want to ravish me," he joked.

The car jerked upward, and Tamara clutched his leg with a fierce grip. This time the grinding sounded again, and Lance frowned. Definitely a skipped gear.

"What is that? I don't think I want to stay on."

Privately, Lance agreed. "It's nothing. I'm the engine guy, right?"

"Yes." The word was tight and closed, and her grip on his leg had not eased at all.

"Let me guess," he said. "You're afraid of heights."

"Bingo." She laughed. The sound was whispery. "Isn't that ridiculous, for a woman raised in the mountains?"

"Not at all. I read somewhere that vertigo is connected to inner-ear imbalances."

The wheel jerked again, but only moved a half a foot. This time, Tamara moaned outright. "I'm really imbalanced then."

Lance pulled her closer, wrapping both arms around her. She buried her face in his shoulder, and he could feel a faint trembling in her body.

And he thanked the stars or God or whoever it was that had arranged this moment. High above the earth on a clear mountain night, with this woman pressed so close against him, he felt an odd sense of peace. Of disconnectedness to anything but her.

The wheel jerked again, harder, and with a quick, stomach-wrenching movement, they sailed upward, maybe two positions. Then another. The car swung slightly, almost at the top. The wheel ground noisily, and Lance could see a crowd gathering, far below. He frowned when he realized the operator was unloading riders, rather than loading them on.

"What's happening?" Tamara asked in a faint voice. Her face was pressed tightly into his shoulder.

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