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The cab lurched forward as trafficto be okay," I pro to be okay Trustleft behind, and by the tiave me, she knew it

"Okay," she said

Never had one word meant so damn much to me

I tucked her under e directions?"

"Where to?" he asked

We needed a hotel for the night, and there was no way I was taking Leah anywhere that wasn’t 100 percent safe "The Ritz-Carlton," I answered

"Pax, I don’t have that much money on me," Leah whispered

"Lucky for us, I do," I answered She looked down, so I tipped her chin up to look into her eyes "TheLet me take care of you"

She nodded, and I kissed her puckered forehead

…

An hour later, ere checked in to a terrace suite at the Ritz-Carlton, and I had never been so thankful that I’d brought my credit card We’d devoured soh to think rationally

"Okay, let’s see e have," Leah said, leaning toward the coffee table and e "I have our passports--"

"Wait You what?" I picked oofy smile picture "Why?"

"Because we’re required to have theet yourself blown up, so Hugo gave me yours before we disembarked, thank God And what kind of middle name is Iskander?"

"Greek," I answered "Have you been snooping, Firecracker?"

Her cheeks flushed pink "It’s only fair I bet you have an entire file on ht?"

"Actually, Penna does," I answered honestly, then tossed the contents ofthat’s in it"

She sighed in relief, piquing h our pile, then included the teapot she’d stored in her little backpack with a tube of sunscreen We had two passports, enough Turkish lira for lunch, breath mints, lip balm, a folded itinerary for today’s plans, my credit card, our empty wallets, and a condom

"Seriously?" She raised her eyebrows at uess it’s a good thing since we got fucked over by the ship"