Claiming His Cinderella Secretary (Mills & Boon Modern) (Secrets of the Stowe Family, Book 3) by Cathy Williams

Author:Cathy Williams [Williams, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2021-07-22T15:16:15+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

ELLIE LOOKED OVER the top of her book towards the horizon and James, now just a little dot moving in the blue, blue sea in an apparent bid to reach that invisible point.

Pure bliss.

At a little after four in the afternoon, the sun was still beating down, as golden as honey. The families had started drifting off, but even when the beach had been full, at midday, Ellie and James had still managed to secure a private, quiet spot on the never-ending stretch of powder-white sand. There they had settled down with their lavish picnic, prepared with care by the chefs at the hotel.

What lay round the corner was something she had put on hold, a bridge to be crossed when the time came, and that time wasn’t now. What lay round the corner was a little thing called reality.

She hadn’t been born yesterday. They were in a bubble. In this bubble James was charmed by the novelty of being with a woman who wasn’t high maintenance, who didn’t come with myriad potential complications and who was fundamentally sensible enough to walk away without kicking up a fuss—unlike his ex. But those were details she had set aside for tomorrow.

Now was...this. A beach, a book, the sun and that disappearing dot... James... Her lover...

Yes, the days were going by, but slowly. This was day three and it felt as though time was standing still, everything moving with a casual lack of urgency. This was an island where no one saw the need to rush, and it was incredible how quickly both of them had adapted. The deal was just about there, going through the last-stage formalities where lawyers swarmed all over documents like flies. But there was no sense of speed because the guys all took the stance of, ‘Hey, it’s going to happen, so why the rush? Enjoy the island first!’

So plans had changed accordingly, with James’s trip to Hawaii being put back by several days to accommodate their easy going business partners. He would be cutting it a bit fine, but he would still have time to spare before the wedding.

Ellie had been overjoyed, but she had concealed it well, because he had made it very clear that this was all about living for the moment and that was a concept she was eager to embrace. ‘Living for the moment’ didn’t involve any dangerous, unstable waters, any currents that could drag her under.

‘You understand me,’ he had told her only the day before as they had lain on the deck of the Catamaran, out in the middle of the deep blue sea, with nothing on and pleasurably sated from making love.

The compliment had been a double-edged sword, though, because he had continued, smiling, lying on one side so that he could tease her nipple with a finger. ‘You know I don’t believe in permanence so there’s no chance you would ever get the wrong idea about this, about what we have.’

He’d been lying back, squinting at the azure sky for a few seconds, his hands behind his head.

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