Risky Business (23 page)
Authors: Nora Roberts
“Jonas, do you know what you're doing? You're asking for a wife who'll have to start from scratch and a half-grown daughter. You're complicating your life.”
“Yeah, and maybe I'm saving it.”
And hers. Her blood was pumping again, her skin was tingling. For the first time in years she could look at her life and see no shadows. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply before she turned. “Be sure,” she whispered. “Be absolutely sure. If I let myself go, if I say yes and you change your mind, I'll hate you for the rest of my life.”
He took her by the shirtfront. “In one week, we're going to my parents' farm in Lancaster, calling the local minister, justice of the peace or witch doctor and we're getting married. Adoption papers are being drawn up. When we settle in as a family, we're all having the same name. You and Faith and I.”
With a sigh, Liz leaned back again against the post and studied his face. It was beautiful, she decided. Strong, passionate, patient. Her life was going to be bound up with that face. It was as real as flesh and blood and as precious as dreams. Her lover was back, her child was with her and nothing was impossible.
“When I first met you, I thought you were the kind of man who always got what he wanted.”
“And you were right.” He took her hands again and held them. “Now what are we going to tell Faith?” he demanded.
Her lips curved slowly. “I guess we'd better tell her you talked me into it.”
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Risky Business
Copyright © 1986 by Nora Roberts
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