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He shook his head “It was a solid business move”

“Oh, yes?” she asked in a teasing tone, not really believing it

“Very much so Did you know that Greece took in more tourist dollars than any country in the EU last year?”

“No” And she wouldn’t have expected it either

“Where there is a will and a ence, there is always a way to make money”

“Don’t tell my father that”

“He knowsin bonds and banks was foolish five years ago, but he did not listen to me”

“So, what did you na to discuss her father’s business failings

“They are nay”

She sinal”

“No, but popular with the guests”

“Where do the rest of your fleet sail?”

“Two out of Amsterdam, one to Alaska, one to Hawaii, two in the Caribbean and one to Mexico out of LA We hope to commission three more ships next year”

“What does your grandfather think of them?”

“He says they aren’t as pretty as our cargo ships, but they’ll do”

She laughed, the sound so genuine, it startled her “That sounds like him”

This hat she and Ariston were like together It wouldn’t be easy to remember that their compatibility didn’t mean they were destined to fall in love

But they were good together and it didn’t hurt to remember that, too

When he reached for her, she went to hiood at She and Ariston undressed each other, touching in ways they’d learned in the three years of ether intimately since then

She led him toward the bed, her hand wrapped boldly around his erection

“You are a teutturally as he pulled her back onto the soft mattress with him

“Do I tempt you?” she asked as she stroked hiers found intimate places

“Ne More than any other woround out

Then he burst intothem over, so she was under him

“We are even”