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But her mood by the end of dinner was un it and the excellent food and rich Kanellis wine left her feeling warm and replete

After the meal they sat outside and drank coffee on the terrace, overlooking the bay The sky was as dark as a railway tunnel but it was punctured by the diahts of Lindos and the glitter of the Aegean and wished she could freeze that moment and never have it melt

But after she’d said goodnight to Marina and walked with Xenon back to their villa, Lexi began to get butterfly feelings of nerves fluttering around inside her

She avoided any kind of confrontation until after she’d brushed her teeth and tackled the ti hair By the tied fro by the bedroo sea

He turned round when she entered even though her bare feet ave the glimmer of a smile when he saw she was covered from neck to ankle in a pair of pale silk pyjahtwear

‘You were sith ht,’ he said

Lexi blinked It wasn’t what she had been expecting to hear What had she been expecting? ‘She’s much softer than she used to be’

‘Yes, she is So rand has ed ‘The cycle of life keeps turning It’s made her aware of how precious time is’

His undeniably e on the air and Lexi felt the painful punch of her heart ‘No None of us should ever forget that,’ she said

Xenon let his gaze drift over her She had taken off her glasses and her face was scrubbed clean He thought how unbelievably young she looked And how innocent Soh upbringing when right now she looked as if she’d spent her life growing up in a convent, nurtured on nothing stronger than e juice Her fair hair tumbled down over her pyjamas and he wondered what she would say if he told her that the look she’d been ai for had completely missed the mark Because it didn’t matter how prim she tried to make herself—she still exuded a sensuality which oozed from her like honey from a slice of Baklava

‘Ready for bed?’ he questioned sardonically

‘What do you think?’