Kit Cavendish-Private Nurse (14 page)

“Quite sure?” Jason was smiling now.

“Quite,” Kit said serenely. “Now that we’ve truly found one another, neither she nor anyone else can come between us.”

Jason caught his breath as he put his arm around her and drew her close.

“That’s what I wanted to hear you say,” he whispered unsteadily. “To know that you feel as sure of it as I do.”

He kissed her with his heart on his lips, and to Kit it was the seal on their happiness. Not always could they expect to live in such a radiant world as was theirs at this moment, but whatever came, they would face unafraid because they would be together. What more could they ask than that?