His Jet-Set Nights with the Innocent by Pippa Roscoe

Author:Pippa Roscoe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-06-16T15:08:54+00:00

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Evie didn’t know what she had expected from the island that Annie had taken Mateo and her to on the yacht’s small speedboat. After a day at sea, with nothing but the blue sky and daydreams of pirate ships, she’d been surprised by the hustle and bustle of an island so clearly dedicated to upmarket tourism.

They’d bypassed the marina, where yachts matched or even surpassed the upscale boats she’d seen in Hong Kong, and disembarked at a much smaller wooden jetty, empty of people or boats. Mateo had held out his hand to help her off the boat, and she’d ignored the zap of electricity that had arced from his touch.

He had waved Annie off as she turned the boat back to the ship and led Evie confidently up the jetty to a thicket of palm trees and green vegetation. The sun was beginning to set and the entire island was painted in a soft yellow glow that was beginning to burn red at the edges. And when Mateo looked back over his shoulder to check she was still with him, she half fancied she had been touched by its rays.

She had packed some overnight things in her briefcase, along with her notebook and the Professor’s, and as she looked around she felt at peace for the first time in a long time. It was something that settled into her skin and sank into her bones. The call to relax, the urge to let go a little, and she thought she’d seen the same thing in Mateo’s eyes. The wooden jetty turned into a path that cut into the grove of palm trees and she was about to ask Mateo where they were going when the trees opened up and she stepped almost directly onto a beach of pure white sand, the likes of which she’d only ever experienced in her wildest fantasies.

She couldn’t help the gasp that fell from her lips as she took in the curve of the sandy bay and the azure-blue sea gently lapping rhythmically at the blond grains of the beach. Halfway across the bay, widely interspersed between palm trees, were four huts, open to the elements, with thatched roofs and string lights hanging from the eves.

There wasn’t another soul on the beach and something unfurled in her chest as excitement and hope lifted the lid on her desires. She dared to cast her gaze to Mateo, praying not to find disinterest or boredom in something that was so magical to her, but she should have known better.

Because there, looking back at her with the same sense of barely repressed excitement, was Mateo, and the words next on his lips stole her heart.

‘Welcome to paradise.’

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