Rafferty's Wife by Kay Hooper

Author:Kay Hooper [Hooper, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-440-42319-5
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2010-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

FIVE

“THIS IS BECOMING a habit,” Zachary Steele commented about a minute later. “It’s the second time in a couple of months I’ve had to interrupt a pair of lovers at what I judge to be a critical moment.”

Rafferty and Sarah had disentangled themselves and were sitting side by side on the blanket, both gazing at their visitor. They were too bemused to be embarrassed, and the abrupt end to their interlude alone had left them feeling somewhat suspended.

Sarah, who had recognized Zach’s name when he’d politely introduced himself, studied him with surprise. She didn’t know what mental image had formed when Rafferty had described this friend, but his appearance was rather startling. He was big, for one thing—four or five inches over six feet—and built to fill doorways. He was a potentially dangerous man, she thought, despite the almost bland expression on his rugged face and his serene gray eyes. And the long narrow scar on his left cheek hinted at dangerous things he’d done in the past. Wearing only swim trunks, he exuded a peculiarly animal vitality, every inch of tanned flesh covering corded muscle; the smooth expanse of bronze was broken only by the jet-black hair covering his chest and lightly furring his long powerful legs.

In a detached manner, Sarah thought that most women would find him utterly riveting physically and curiously fascinating otherwise; he was unquestionably masculine from head to toe. If they’d met on a street corner, she didn’t doubt he would have frightened her, but here on a tropical island and seeing a gleam of amusement in his eyes, she decided she liked him very much.

“Oh, good, lunch.”

Amazed, Sarah looked up at their second visitor, who had emerged from somewhere behind Zach and was now cheerfully exploring the picnic basket. She barely heard Rafferty sputtering beside her.

This, she decided, would have to be Lucas Kendrick, Rafferty’s other friend. The investigator. He, too, was a big man, a bit over six feet and broad-shouldered, with the beautifully defined muscles of a very active man. He was also strikingly handsome, with classical features and a leonine mane of silvery blond hair. That hair, Sarah decided thoughtfully, could easily inspire a woman to want to run barefoot through it. And if he didn’t exude quite the raw force of Zach or the keen intelligence of Rafferty, he could certainly talk the devil out of hell with that charming voice.

Sarah was mildly pleased with herself because these two men aroused no more than a spark of interest and a detached curiosity in her. Attractive though they undoubtedly were, she would have instantly traded them and every other man she’d ever met for Rafferty.

Andrés Sereno, I’m ready for you! she thought in satisfaction.

“What the hell,” Rafferty was asking coldly, “are you two doing here?”

Lucas took it upon himself to answer, elaborately casual and still looking through the basket. “Oh, we were in the neighborhood. Just passing by. Would you look at this spread? That boat of yours must have some chef.

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