Irresistible Bargain with the Greek by Julia James

Author:Julia James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-05-30T19:29:44+00:00

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Luke leant forward against the deck railing on the yacht, gazing across to the shore.

Beside him, Talia gave a sigh of pleasurable appreciation. ‘This is so gorgeous,’ she breathed.

Luke laughed. ‘It’s a bit of a cliché, a sunset cruise, but definitely worth it!’

There was a soft footstep behind him and he turned. The steward was coming up to them, bearing a tray that held an ice bucket in which a bottle of champagne was nestling and two flutes. He set the tray down on a table near them, and the ice bucket in a stand, then took himself off. Luke reached for the champagne bottle and with a deft hand opened it, filled the flutes.

The rich light from the setting sun bathed them as the stately yacht creamed across the cobalt waters, and the distant shore was emerald-green and thick with vegetation. She gave another sigh of pleasure. Of radiant joy. How wonderful this was!

And all because of Luke.

She smiled now, taking the flute he was handing her, drinking him in. He was looking lean and relaxed, in an open-necked pale blue shirt, cuffs turned back, and tan chinos with deck shoes. He was elegant and absolutely edible.

She felt her stomach curl, knowing how much she wanted him, how much she needed him, how much she wished she could stay with him for ever.

A tiny flicker of uncertainty plucked at her. It had been nearly a week since they’d arrived on the island—nearly a week since Luke had claimed her for his own again. It had been the most blissful week in her entire life. But into her head came an echo of what he’d said to her back in his office in Lucerne, that day she’d had to seek him out and beg him for forbearance on evicting them straight away.

He wanted her to be here in the Caribbean for a fortnight. But what then? She didn’t know. Could only hope. Hope against hope that being with her was as wonderful for him as being with him was to her. That with nothing to keep them apart now they could stay together...

She felt a longing surge within her—a longing never to be without him. Did he feel it, too? Did he want her in his life as she wanted him? She could only hope—hope with all her being.

‘We need to celebrate.’ Luke was raising his champagne flute.

Talia looked at him questioningly. He nodded across to the shoreline they were gliding past, and as they rounded a small cape a beach opened up before them, a crescent of silver sand littered with fallen palms, and at the far end were the wrecked remains of the building she had last seen from the land.

‘Oh, it’s the hotel site!’ she exclaimed. ‘There it is!’

‘Indeed it is,’ Luke said beside her. He raised his flute to hers. ‘And now,’ he said, and there was open satisfaction in his voice, ‘it is my hotel site!’

She whipped her head round, her face lighting up.

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