The Devil's Own Luck (Once a Spy)

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about me. I can’t possibly marry someone who would propose marriage without even taking the time to get to know me. I know it happens all the time, but I don’t want that type of marriage. I would positively hate it. I don’t have to be swept off my feet, but if I’m to live with someone for the rest of my life, it should be the right someone.”
    “But if the ‘right someone’ came into your life, how would you know he was the one?”
    Her cheeks turned pink and she stared at her lap a moment. “It’s something I’ve had time to think about the past few weeks.” She looked up at him and said, “Please don’t laugh, but I have put together a list of requirements.”
    Rand found it very difficult not to laugh, but he managed to keep a straight face. “I thought you weren’t looking.”
    “I’m not,” she protested. “These are just a few things to keep in mind for the future.”
    He allowed himself a smile. “Does your brother know of these requirements?”
    She looked at him as if he were a complete imbecile. “Of course not! For one thing, he would get terribly confused and provoked if he thought someone met all my requirements and would suit, but I thought that they didn’t. Two people can look at someone and see something entirely different.”
    “Very true,” Rand observed dryly. “I should have realized that.”
    “And it isn’t good to be completely inflexible, either,” she continued thoughtfully. “I really think it might be best to regard them as guidelines rather than requirements.”
    He nodded, more because it seemed the wisest thing to do at the moment rather than in agreement, as he hadn’t the faintest idea what he was agreeing to.
    “Would you like to hear them?”
    Rand tried to beat back his curiosity and failed miserably. “It might offer me invaluable insight into the feminine mind,” he remarked casually. “Please do enlighten me.”
    She took in a breath and began. “I know this is horridly shallow, but I’d rather not marry anyone shorter than me and I’d rather that he not be too unattractive. Though if he were a truly fine person, I might not mind too much if he were a little bit shorter.”
    “He could always wear higher heels,” Rand murmured into his glass.
    Her eyes narrowed with suspicion. “Are you making fun of me?”
    “Oh no. I’m finding this fascinating.” He waved his hand in the air. “Pray, continue.”
    She hesitated a moment and said, “I don’t care if he has money as I have more than enough, but I’d rather that he not really need money because then I would always be suspect as to why he chose to marry me.”
    Rand nodded. “Understood.”
    “My husband must be an accomplished dancer and horseman. And kind,” she added as if the three somehow belonged together. “And smart enough not to gamble away the family fortune. And I, in turn, would not care to be treated as an empty headed dolt.”
    “I doubt anyone would dare treat you in such a fashion. In fact, I pity the man who would try. Anything else on your list?” He swirled the brandy in his glass and then raised it to his lips.
    “It’s my understanding that all this begetting I will be required to do is much more enjoyable if I’m physically attracted to my husband, so I plan to look at any potential husband and if I can imagine his tongue in my mouth without gagging, I’ll assume I’m attracted to him.”
    “Augh!” Rand choked and experienced the highly objectionable sensation of having brandy forced up into his nose.
    Cecelia came over to pound him on the back. “Are you alright?” she asked solicitously. “You’ve such a reputation as a rogue and a rake I didn’t think you would object to my honesty.”
    “You thought wrong,” he sputtered. “Where in the devil did you learn that!”
    “I heard
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