"Roberts, Nora - Once More With Feeling" - читать интересную книгу автора (Roberts Nora)

She shrugged her shoulders. "A minute ago I was beautiful, now you
have to ask if I'm okay?"

"Raven." Wayne laid a hand on top of hers.

"You folded up when he left. I was there, remember ?"

"Of course I remember." The teasing note left her voice. "You were
very good to me, Wayne. I don't think I would have made it without you
and Julie."

"That's not what I'm talking about, Raven. I want to know how you feel
now." He turned tier hand over and laced his fingers through hers. "I

could renew my offer to go try to break all his bones, if you like."

Touched and amused, she laughed. "I'm sure you're a real killer,
Wayne, but it isn't necessary."

The straightening of her shoulders was unconscious , a gesture of pride
that made Wayne smile.

"I'm not going to fold this time."

"Are you still in love with him?"

She hadn't expected such a direct question.

Dropping her gaze, she took a moment to answer.

"A better question is, Did I ever love him?"

"We both already know the answer to that one " , Wayne countered. He
took her hand when she would have turned away. "We've been friends a
long time. What happens to you matters to me."

"Nothing's going to happen to me." Her eyes were back on his, and she
smiled. "Absolutely nothing. Brandon is the past. Who knows better
than I that you can't run away from the past, and who knows better how
to cope with it?" She squeezed his hand. "Come on, show me the
costumes that are going to make me look sensational."

After a quick, final glance at her face, Wayne walked over to a
gleaming Chippendale table and pushed the button on an intercom.

"Bring in Ms.

Williams's designs. " Raven had approved the sketches, of course, and
the fabrics, but still the completed designs took her by surprise.