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It was just so scary, how addictive love could be

And to think they actually hadn’t had sex yet, Pippi found herself fretting as the cold blast of water failed to douse the sexual heat licking all over her body She didn’t even want to iet, when – and not if – Acheron finally made her his

Vik aiting for her when Pippi cae of linen and towels, all of which she pro sister “Monarch Room, please”

“Oh Um Okay” One of the unspoken rules of the house was that Pippi, being the one with the full-ti weekends “Does this mean we’re fully booked on a Thursday?”

“For the entire week,” Vik confirrin

“That’s great news!” Pippi’s spirits immediately lifted While her pay raise already had next s never hurt, and she found herself bea ear to ear as she made her way down to the Monarch Room

It was the house’s biggest and thereforeits ohirlpool bath It had been one of their biggest invest Mariposa House featured in last year’s Top 10 B&Bs in Key West, Pippi considered the luxury installment money well spent

Pausing before the door, she knocked politely before calling out, “Housekeeping” Hearing the approach of footsteps, she quickly pinned her professional smile in place

The door opened

Pippi’s smile disappeared in the face of her shock “Acheron?”

Chapter 19

“Kalimera, mikrí h tone, jerked Pippi out of her drea next to her, and the thought had her eyes flying open

Oh My God

There was anext to her He was beautiful and co at her, and it was this that had her sitting up in shock, her head whipping to this side and that as she struggled to comprehend what she had woken up to This couldn’t be real, could it?

She looked around her again and found her answer in the faded colors of butterfly wing patterns on the wallpaper They were lovely and fa trademark of the Monarch Room, but more than that, it also meant all of this was…real