Cold as Ice (14 page)

Authors: Carolyn Keene

BOOK: Cold as Ice

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“What's so funny?” Ned asked.

“Not really funny, just nice,” she replied. “I'm just happy everything worked out so well.”

“Sure,” Ned said cheerfully. “Rob isn't in jail, the museum is out of hot water, the boat house didn't burn down, and I managed to dance with you twice last night before you went off detecting. What more could you ask?”

“This,” Nancy said, turning toward him for a kiss.

After a long, breathless moment, Ned pulled gently away. “Here, I have something for you.” He reached into the pocket of his parka and pulled out a small white box.

“Oh, Ned, you shouldn't have,” she said.

There was a mischievous glint in his eye as he
told her, “Maybe you better open it before you thank me.”

Shooting him a curious glance, she opened the small box, then laughed. A second later she lifted out a costume-jewelry necklace of red and clear glass set in fake gold. “It's perfect,” she told him. “Right down to the âMade in Hong Kong' stamped on the back!”

As he bent to kiss her a second time, she told him, “You can be sure this is one Winter Carnival I'll
never
forget!”

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.