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Garrett tried his hand at digging for a few hours while he sat at the bar in the lobby of the hotel and ate dinner He told hi Parker He just had a lot of work to do and didn’t feel like going back to the roo up and shutting the bar down, Garrett kneas time to face the music He tucked his laptop under his arm and walked to the villa

As he let hiot thatfrom the front desk, he saw Parker’s laptop in the middle of the bed surrounded by hundreds of sheets of paper The bathroom door opened just as he started to walk over to see as printed on them

Parker ca her usual tank top and draw string pants, this ti in her wavy, damp hair, freshly scrubbed face, and the fact that she wasn’t wearing a bra His face heated at thea bra then either

Parker was still pissed at Garrett, but seeing hi near him all day made her just want to throw her ar up to hi touched and how e to go to hi’s events made him run away from her and disappear all day just so he wouldn’t have to deal with the embarrass some of the papers aside so she could crawl up to the pillows and lean back against the headboard Garrett set his laptop on the counter leading into the kitchen and watched her cross her legs and pull her computer onto her lap He realized just how stupid and i that couldn’t be easily forgotten about so they could o back to the effortless friendship they always shared

"It’s a good thing we got an invite to the palace to to break into that place would be impossible I counted one hundred and forty-seven heavily aret her to talk and hopefully forgive him

"It’s not impossible It can be done," Parker responded nonchalantly as she typed on her laptop and never looked up

Garrett was still having a hard tis that came out of Parker’scloser to the bed

"So, you’ve been here before?" Garrett asked

The clicking of her fingers on the keys stilled, but she still didn’t look up

"A few ti her He’d been nothing but ticked off and shocked about her job, and now all of a sudden he seemed interested She couldn’t tell him the details of why she had been here, but now that he knehat she did for a living, she could give hiraduated fro," she told him softly

"Seriously? I remember that trip You went to the Caribbean to take pictures of white marlin for Greenpeace Or so you said"

Parker finally looked up at Garrett, gauging the look on his face to see if he was being sarcastic She was shocked to see that he wasn’t He was s

She couldn’t help but smile back Just a few days without his friendship and support and she felt lost That smile was like a lifeline that she desperately reached for

"I didn’t lie about that I really did take thosein their office in Amsterdaet the photos co froh, and Parker’s heart sped up at the sound He e of the bed

"So what’s all this?" Garrett asked as he pointed to thesos"

Garrett looked at her in confusion

"I thought you were just going to relax by the pool today, et your hair done or so," he said

Parker wondered if it was physically i a jerk for more than ten minutes She slammed the lid to her laptop closed and stared him down

"I’m not just here to be your sweet little wife and look pretty I have a job to do as well, Garrett"

Garrett iry he’d ht you could use some down time That’s all I meant by that"

Parker shook her head at hination

"Down time? Garrett I’ve been on ad but down tiet so a chauvinistic ass for five s I found"

Garrett refused to admit that his dick swelled a little as he watched her fiery attitude take control He ignored it and concentrated on what she’d printed out

He picked up a few pages and stared at them wide-eyed