"Worried?" Robert held her tightly and stroked her hair with one hand. "God, Ana, I can't imagine being without you. Of course I want you to come back with me."

He knew she didn't have a world to return to, but that wasn't the main reason he invited her. After all the scheming of his friends to get this thirty-five-year-old actor/choreographer married off, he felt he'd finally found the right person for him.

And all he'd had to do was complete a puzzle and be transported to another universe.

When she said that she loved him, he closed his eyes and, somehow, managed not to shout the roof off.

"I love you, too," he whispered.