Agent for a Cause

"I've never been more serious before in my life!" I said in exasperation with her. I hadn't given her a ring for nothing.

"That sounds divine Tyre! It's a date!"

A sneaky look came over her face and in apprehension I awaited for her slyness to unfold. Her fingers closed around the back of my neck and I felt the noose tightening.

"You know in order to make this marriage legal I'm going to need to know your real name. Out with it secretive man!"

She had me I reluctantly had to admit. I had debated about getting married under one of my aliases, but I knew that wouldn't fly with her.

"Nikolai Gravitausky."

Her eyes widened, "Your Russian?"

I responded to her question with a sentence spoken in flawless Russian and her hand went to her mouth, "I had no idea!"

What did that mean?

"Me being Russian, is that a problem?" I asked suddenly unsure.

"Heck no! It just makes the mystery of you more captivating." She leaned close and looked me directly in the eye with one of hers and in a conspiratorial tone asked, "You're not a former Soviet spy are you?"

"I'm a little young for that don't you think?" I responded with.

"You did not answer the question comrade! Are you a spy?" Her fake Russian accent was so terrible that it was comical.

I answered her in Russian. Her eyes alive with interested curiosity she asked, "What did you just say?"

"Now wouldn't you like to know?" I said smiling.

"Hey!" She exclaimed punching my shoulder as I chuckled.

I rolled her off my lap onto the sofa cushions beside us and quickly slid over top of her pinning her to the sofa. Her eyebrows rose markedly, but her smile remained open and inviting. This was easily the most domineering that I had ever been with her and I could see that she liked it.

"Now Miss Anna Courtman soon-to-be Anna Gravitausky I'm going to kiss you for a little while longer, but then I must go for the evening. What are your plans for tomorrow?"

"I need to go collect some more things from my old apartment, but other than that not much why?"

"I have business to attend to in the morning and I just want to know where you'll be." I said before I started to lean down and kiss her, but the petulant look she gave me stopped me.

"What?"

"What did you say a little while ago in Russian? Please tell me!" She begged softly.

"I said that the green sparkling fire of your eyes reminds me of why it's good to be alive."