by Lilian Darcy
He was silent for a moment and she waited, knowing there was more.
‘This is going to take some time,’ he began again, slowly. ‘Miranda, are you really sure you want to be around when there are no guarantees? When I’m carrying so much baggage? How could I not pull back this morning when I asked myself that question? I’m demanding so much of you. I know it, and you don’t seem to, even now. See, you’re actually smiling…’
‘There’s only one guarantee I need, and you’ve already given it to me.’
‘I’ll give it to you again.’
‘Please…’
They stood there for so long that a wash of inch-deep water from the incoming tide crept around their feet.
‘So,’ Miranda said. ‘A room in the hotel, huh?’
‘You’re going to get cheeky about this, aren’t you?’
‘Yep. Getting pretty keen about the hotel room.’
‘Nice and anonymous,’ he agreed. ‘Full of honeymoon couples who don’t even notice anyone else.’
‘I have a feeling I might come and visit you there when I have time off, and that I won’t notice anyone else either.’
‘I have a feeling I might like that. Have a feeling we might have to keep explaining to people that we’re not actually, technically on a honeymoon ourselves. Not this time, anyway…’
‘Not yet,’ she agreed.
‘Almost as good.’
‘Just as good.’
‘With plenty more to look forward to.’
‘Oh, yes. Oh…’
They smiled at each other, and saw the future reflected in each other’s eyes, the colour of a tropical blue sky with not a cloud in sight.
ISBN: 978-1-4603-5627-2
A PROPOSAL WORTH WAITING FOR
First published in Great Britain 2008
© Lilian Darcy 2008
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