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The engine noise changed and he glanced out of the cabin‘Look, we’re co in to land,’ he said

Lexi followed the direction of his gaze and saw the island of Rhodes dazzling like a bright jewel in the dark blue waters of the Aegean She thought how long it had been since she’d been abroad and done anything as decadent as just lie in the sun ‘When were you last here?’

‘I cao for a few days Work has beende’

‘So what else is new?’ she demanded wryly ‘You haven’t stopped since we boarded the plane’

His blue eyes glea to clear my diary so that I won’t need to hile we’re here’

Lexi felt her lips part in surprise ‘Good heavens,’ she said faintly ‘Next thing you’ll be telling ht’

‘If that’s a veiled offer to share my bed, then consider it done’

‘It wasn’t’

He smiled ‘Didn’t think so’

He picked up the docuo near them for the duration of their stay But it was hard to break the habit of a lifeti which had become second nature to him

He’d been barely eighteen when his father had dropped dead and Xenon’s discovery that the business was in a parlous state hadn’t helped the farief Suddenly, the world as he had known it was one he no longer recognised

But he had turned everything around He had thrown himself in at the deep end and worked every hour to learn about the business, from the bottom up He had sweated blood to earn the respect of the disillusioned Kanellis workforce And while iant organisation back on its feet, Xenon was not most people He didn’t want to be known as a , he wanted to be known as a ht the newspaper

The fil deep inside him It had connected with his essential Greekness He had backed it because he had loved it; the money and awards he had earned as a result had not been what had driven him And Lexi had understood She had loved that film, too

‘I’ate,’ he said and saw her turn her head to look at him, that lip-parted look of surprise still on her face ‘Loukas and Dimitri are keen to share soo when I’ve lived this way for so long’