that?” She looked up suddenly at a bright light in the sky, rising like a comet behind the dark shadows of the woodland along the shore.
“It’s a Chinese lantern. They’re popular at parties now. You light the wick inside and the paper lantern floats up, and drifts in the sky until it finally burns up.”
As they rounded the last bend in the river, the sky seemed to fill with lanterns, drifting higher and floating out into the night.
“They’re beautiful.” Annie watched, mesmerized. “But they seem so dangerous. They could touch down somewhere and start a fire.”
The water all around them did nothing to cool the fire burning in his heart. This time was going to be different. His tryst with Annie would turn into a real relationship, and they’d figure out how to live together in a way that didn’t cramp each other’s style and threaten to turn them into different people. Maybe they’d even marry and have a family.
Sinclair drew in a deep, hard breath. He was getting carried away. Better just to pull on the oars and keep going, and let the future take care of itself.
“Do I look okay?” Annie turned to him as they drew nearer to the shore, fingers tucking her hair back into its bun.
“You look ravishing.” She was even more beautiful with the final polish gone from her dress and makeup. More natural and sexy. “I hope no one will realize that I’ve been ravishing you this whole time.”
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