Trouble in Paradise by Liz Fielding

Author:Liz Fielding [Fielding, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: stranded, romantic fiction, enemies, desert island, Modern romance, island romance, alpha man, stranded in paradise
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

GRIFF gave her an old-fashioned look as he handed her one of the snappers. ‘They should be cool enough to handle, he remarked.

She tried a piece. ‘It’s delicious.’

‘I hope you still feel the same way in a week,’ he replied, a little wryly.

‘A week!’ Her voice rose to an uncharacteristic squeak and Griff’s eyes gleamed wickedly. ‘Oh, very funny!’

‘I’m glad it amused you. I wonder if you’ll still find it funny seven days from now?’

‘I’ll swim for it long before then’, she declared fervently, then added quickly, ‘Tell me some more about the Dragon Man. I’d already worked out for myself that anyone who can afford to keep a Caribbean island all to himself must have more money than he knows what to do with.’ A sudden thought struck her. ‘It was his yacht Zoë was on the other night, wasn’t it?’

‘That’s very quick of you.’

‘The name is something of a give-away,’ she said, thinking hard. Griff, it seemed, had competition. ‘He must have tons of money,’ she said with considerable satisfaction. ‘Did he inherit it, or did he earn it by the sweat of his brow?’

‘Does it matter how he came by his money?’

‘It would to me. But then, I’m picky.’

‘I noticed.’ He shrugged as if he’d expected nothing better. ‘I’m sorry to disappoint you, Maddy, but the owner of this island is not one of your pretty aristocrats with a family fortune to play with. Ten years ago, he had nothing but enthusiasm and an idea. He’s your original fourteen-hour-day, sweat-of- the-brow man.’

‘He actually earned enough to buy this island?’ she asked, astonished. ‘That fabulous yacht?’

‘I believe he even has a little to spare for the necessities of life,’ he replied.

‘Honestly?’ Maddy demanded, suddenly suspicious.

He laid his hand upon his heart. ‘Scout’s honour.’

‘I didn’t doubt what you said, Griff. I meant...’ His eyes sparked dangerously and she gave an awkward little shrug. ‘Well, you know what I meant.’

‘Yes, I know what you meant,’ he said almost angrily. ‘But he’s not a crook.’ As if aware that he had overreacted, he turned away and looked towards the plane pulled up on the shoreline, swinging a little on the high tide. ‘Actually, he started the Inter-Island Transport Group ten years ago with that aircraft.’

She followed his glance towards the single-engine seaplane lifting gently on the high tide and stared at the fierce little red dragon on its tail — a dragon now borne by a large fleet of modern aircraft and ferry boats that plied the islands.

‘So that’s why he’s called the Dragon Man,’ she said. ‘He sold his first plane to you?’ She was astonished. ‘How on earth could he bear to part with it? If it had been mine, I would have parked it outside my office and polished it once a week just for luck.’

‘Would you?’ His face softened. ‘Well, as you can see, I take good care of it for him.’

‘On the outside,’ she agreed. It was quite beautiful in fact. ‘But if you’re planning

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