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She turned to hireicked “That was the general idea when I said it was You know, land surrounded on all sides by water”

She gave hied, but not to that extent I thought it would be one of those tiny morsels of land advertised on the Internet as private islands But this is just…justbig is it?”

She had no idea why, but her eyes dragged down his body until they stue in his pants She snatched the the path of her fascination before it ca do you think it is?”

“Big” And there was no doubt what her croaked adjective was referring to, not when her blush low

He decided to take pity on her, to pretend they weren’t talking about his endowments “It’s around 150 square miles”

“That’s more than the coraphically challenged after all”

“I only know that because Bill has recently expanded his shipping interests to those islands”

His face re, but it now felt like the frozen, eerie sain unease slithered down her spine

This had happened every time she’d er mistress, and either realized or suspected it was her? She’d just die if he had

But he wasn’t one to let soo unverified And she was certain he wouldn’t come near another man’s woman, mistress or whatever

No He couldn’t know Thank God And she would rather skydive without a parachute than explain how this charade-which she intended to end as soon as she saw Bill again-had started

So what did the stillness that came over him when sheaside the passionateor anyone connected with business was mentioned?

Whatever it was, she shouldn’t try to analyze it She now recognized that any apprehension she felt originated within her, was triggered by her inability to believe her luck

She still couldn’t hold his gaze, turned away to watch the ground zoo with this picture She hadn’t thought…“…we’d be landing here!”