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‘Not your parents’?’

‘No They weren’t really around much’

He looked at her curiously and Cara turned away She never spoke about her parents—or lack of them

‘Bula Welcome to the Coconut Beach Front Resort’

‘Thank you’ Cara turned to sreeted them This one was the size of a su

‘Dinesh!’ Aidan greeted hih ether when they hadn’t seen one another for a while

‘Good to see you again, boss It’s been too long’

Boss? Was that so, or was Aidan literally the man’s boss?

‘Dinesh, this is Cara Chatsfield She is uest while we’re here’

‘A pleasure to meet you, Ms Chatsfield I hope you enjoy your stay’ He turned to point a little way up the beach ‘If you would please coalow’

He led they and within minutes they had pulled up outside a quaint wooden beach hut with a thatched roof Cara was completely charmed as she made her way up the couple of steps to a wide veranda

Another native Fijian, a wo-style skirt and white blouse, handed thehed blissfully at the flavour, feeling a renewed sense of energy as the sugar hit her system

Inside, quaintness gave way to decadent luxury ashed walls, deep-seated sofas and dark wooden floors covered in traditional hee living area and Cara stepped into the s sand fro inside

‘Oh, this is really lovely’

She turned and then stepped back to let Dinesh pass with their luggage

Unexpectedly large hands spanned her waist and she let out a nervous sound as she realised she’d stepped straight back into Aidan For a heartbeat her bottoot to breathe as heat rushed through her body

She took a quick step forward and his hands dropped to his sides ‘I’htly hoarse