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His laugh was hollow, but his return eentle soul, Eleanor Wentworth Very hts “I didn’t deserve her and I don’t deserve you”
“Maybe,” she alloith a s against hith “But you’re stuck with ardless”
“We’ll fly to California to see Helen Taylor tomorrow,” her dad decided
Sandor’s ar with you”
Ellie didn’t even consider arguing She craved his support She turned to aze “I would appreciate that”
He kissed her, his lips tender, his expression unfathomable “Then it is settled”
They flew in Sandor’s private jet to a small airport near the town that Helen Taylor called home She wasn’t sure why they’d taken Sandor’s plane instead of her father’s But when Ellie asked, her father said only that Sandor preferred to do so He and her dad worked while Ellie fretted, but hid it behind a facade of relaxed boredoazines that featured shots of her sister
Hawk had provided a wealth of infor hours looking at pictures of her sister in “ ent on behind her beautiful aqua gaze Funny how the sa special, but on her model sister, they looked exotic and mysterious
She rubbed at her own eyes, wishing she could take a nap, but knowing sleep would be ever elusive She siood job of keeping up the stoic front she’d spent a lifeti, but underneath, she wanted to crumple
But a Wentworth did not crumple and even if they did, she couldn’t Her father and her sister needed her right now
They were less than an hour into the flight and Ellie was yawning for the fifth ti, she felt herself bodily lifted from her seat
Gasping, she clutched at Sandor, theto the floor of the cabin “What are you doing?”
“You need rest” She wasn’t having any trouble reading his expression now He looked angry “Have you slept a full night since the day you returned from Spain?”
“No,” she admitted and let her head drop to lie in the curve of his neck “But I’ to sleep now, either”
“We shall see”
She found herself sance “I can’t Honestly, Sandor Tooinside my head”
He ignored her words and carried her to the tiny bedroo the door shut behind him once they were inside