Instead of waiting for him, she dived into the adjoining bathroom and deliberately kept the door ajar, an open invitation for him to join her.

After a good few minutes of soaping herself under the powerful walk-in shower and washing her hair, boredom kicked in.

She dried herself quickly, rubbed the towel over her hair and moisturised her face.

She made to leave the bathroom, pausing at the last moment to put her robe back on, not yet confident enough to walk around stark naked in broad daylight.

The door of the bathroom he’d been using was open. Masculine scents mingled with the steam of the shower, filling the empty bedroom.

Maybe he was ordering breakfast for them.

She wandered through to the main living area of the suite and found him at the dining table—fully dressed and working on his laptop.

He looked up and flashed a quick smile. ‘Good morning.’

to find him working. For surely he must be working? He hadn’t even donned casual clothes but

asked. They were due to fly there later that afternoon

his face, quickly gone, but there long enough for her chest to

time,’ he said calmly, looking back at

‘Another one?’

to bestow patience when all it did was make her want to

job is all about finance. When financial problems hit companies, prompt action is

to be you—why can’t someone

no one

our honeymoon and the way it’s supposed to convince the world

hole in the next two days, fifty thousand people will not receive their pay cheques. That’s fifty thousand people who will struggle to pay their bills, their mortgages, feed their children. We will go to Marrakech at

with that? She couldn’t, not unless she wanted to sound

or the workings of a tired, disappointed mind.

was real. What she did dispute was his assertion that he was the only person in the world able to

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