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"Griffin," he corrected again stiffly "And we speak English there And I lived in Britain during my forwarts, right?"

Bloody fking hell It was like having a conversation with a two-year-old A very country two-year-old He pulled out his phone and began to furiously text

"Whatcha doin?" Maylee asked, that drawlHunter to let hiirlfriend," Griffin snapped "You absolutely cannot be my assistant for this trip This is a job that requires delicacy and an ability to ht schedule--"

"I can do all that--"

"--and manners!" Griffin barked "This is inexcusable and utterly ridiculous and you are not going to be my assistant"

"I’m not?" The tords were soft and trery look "Don’t you dare--"

But it was too late The horrid creature burst into big, gulping, noisy sobs

Chapter Three

Griffin had grown up in a family that prized restraint and considered e? Never happened, not even when his father died It siiven that Griffin normally wasn’t his best with people, he really, really did not knohat to do with a crying fe fro young woman seated behind hi splotchy red, her white-blonde curls bouncing as she wiped at her face with a cocktail napkin

"Stop crying," Griffin colanced at the flight attendant to see if she could help hi her eyes, her mouth a reproachful line of disapproval Lovely It seeh, Griffin looked back at the awful creature that was his assistant "What will it take for you to stop crying?"

She sniffed loudly "I need a hug"

"You what?"

She extended her aran to cry harder

Griffin’s jaw clenched so hard he heard his ," he said again

"You don’t like me," she blubbered

No, I don’t, he wanted to say, but he had no desire to see more orks He decided to try "

"O-okay," she said, and sniffed loudly

That worked? Really? That had been easier than he’d thought Griffin gave her a firive the creature some tiet rid of her as soon as they stopped in Heathrow for refueling He’d have to borrow a few members of staff from his mother, or his older brother, and he’d si eot back to the States He barely glanced over as the creature got up froo and clean herself up in the lavatory He was still thinking about staffing issues and how his ly that she’d warned him of such a problem, and she couldn’t possibly spare one of her own staff, because--

A shadow fell over Griffin

He looked up, just in tie, bizarre woman to drop herself into his lap and wrap her arms around his neck

He stiffened in shock

Had thishorrible woman really just climbed into his lap and put her arms around his neck? It wasn’t to be endured He was her ehtest He was also a royal, and no one touched royalty without their pere "Miss," he said flatly "What do you think you are doing?"

She burrowed her face against his neck "Told you I needed a hug," she id posture

"Get off nored him

He looked for the attendant to help hi up in the cockpit with the pilots Blast

Griffin was trapped

He dru to think Strands of curly blonde hair tickled his nose as she nuzzled closer, and he began to feel inappropriately aroused Her arht hip was pressing against his cock Any red-blooded male would have that reaction, he told hiet her off his lap

So he thought for a irl"

She gave a sh of pleasure and tucked her head even closer to his neck "Don’t wanna" Her lips ainst his throat, and Griffin shifted in his seat, willing his ck to quit responding to the touch of a drunk woain?"