No Need for Love by Sandra Marton

Author:Sandra Marton [Marton, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Fiction, Contemporary, Marriage, Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780373118809
Google: IVj1YMkl5HgC
Amazon: 0373118805
Barnesnoble: 0373118805
Goodreads: 7085484
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1993-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

The ‘appropriate illusion’ of an engagement-ring turned out to be a seven-carat emerald surrounded by diamonds. Grant had said she would choose her own ring and she did—after he’d specified emeralds of a certain cut and size to the smiling sales clerk in Tiffany’s.

‘Do you like it?’ he asked softly, once the ring was on Hannah’s left hand.

Did she like it? Hannah stared into the deep green heart of the stone. He might as well ask if she liked the sun or the stars. They were all beautiful, all burning with unearthly fire.

‘Hannah?’

She looked up at him. He was watching her with a peculiar intensity that made the breath catch in her throat.

‘Yes,’ she said. ‘Of course I like it. It’s—it’s very beautiful.’

He nodded. ‘I thought emeralds, to bring out the green in your eyes,’ he said, so softly that she wasn’t certain she’d heard him. Their glances met, and for a heartbeat Hannah wondered why she had ever thought she’d never seen as deep a fire as the one gleaming in the heart of the emerald. But then Grant turned away, and when he spoke to the sales clerk his tone was brisk and unsentimental.

‘We’ll need wedding-bands, too,’ he said. ‘Wide ones, I think, in yellow gold.’

When they had finished, he led Hannah out to the street and into another taxi.

‘Neiman-Marcus,’ he said to the driver.

Hannah gave a little laugh. ‘Grant,’ she said, ‘really, don’t you think we should go back to the office? I’ve work to finish.’

‘I told you,’ he said sharply, ‘you are not working for me any longer.’ He drew a breath, and when he spoke again his tone was soft and indulgent. ‘You need a dress to be married in, Hannah. I know it’s bad luck for the groom to see it, but——’

‘But in these circumstances, what does it matter?’ Her voice was flat. Did he really think he needed to remind her of that?

Grant looked at her in silence, and then he nodded. ‘Exactly,’ he said crisply. ‘I’m glad you see it my way.’

Was there another way to see things but Grant’s? Hannah didn’t think so. Moments later, standing in the exclusive store’s dress department, she felt like a bystander as he took even the selection of her wedding-dress out of her hands.

‘I think—something practical,’ she said to the sales clerk, ‘a wool suit, perhaps, in grey or beige. And nothing——’ She glanced at the obviously expensive clothing artfully draped in a nearby display and flushed. ‘Nothing too extravagant.’

Grant laughed softly and slid his arm around her waist. ‘What the lady really wants,’ he said, ‘is a dress or a suit in a pale shade to complement her own colouring.’ His arm tightened around her. ‘Something special, to wear on our wedding-day.’

The woman beamed. ‘Of course, sir. Madame? If you’ll come with me, please?’

The dresses and gowns were dazzling, as were the discreet price tags attached to them.

‘No, that’s much too expensive,’ Hannah kept saying, until suddenly Grant was there, brushing aside her protests, choosing a lemon-yellow suit, a royal blue cashmere shirtwaister, and a pink silk coat-dress.

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