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‘Stay, Mia’

‘What do you think I a?’

‘I’ll send the steward’

She gave chase ‘What things do you have to do, Ram? You were ready to take o’

‘Yes, I was, but you made that unnecessary—and now it’s too late’

She hung on to his arm like a terrier to a bone ‘The least you can do is talk to ’

‘I’o’

Ramprakesh?

‘Tell me,’ Mia insisted as the land of her dreams took shape in her es of palaces and fireworks and elephants—and hellishly good-looking princes called Ram—

By this time Ram was halfway down the stairs and she surprised herself with just how fast she could fly down a flight of stairs ‘Why?’ she de ahead of him ‘Why have you done all this?’

‘Because the tiain’

She didn’t like the sound of that ‘So you think I ht be useful to you?’ The kiss must have been a try-out that left him cold—a ruse to distract her while the yacht slipped out of its berth And that hurt

‘Being useful is bad?’ he said, lips pressing down as if he couldn’t work that one out

‘No It isn’t bad—but when you want so for you, it’s usual to ask them first rather than assume they’ll fall into line’

He thought about that for a nanosecond ‘No tis just have to be executed and then discussed later’

‘I’, Ram’

His brows rose as if he were surprised at that

She gave up ‘You’re impossible’

‘So I’ve been told,’ he agreed ‘But I aht be interested in—and you could start by taking a look around this overstuffed wedding cake—’

‘You don’t like the décor on the yacht?’

‘What do you think?’

There was still a glih ‘You didn’t have to kidnap hts on your yacht’

‘I’ll ignore the dramatic flourish Firstly, I didn’t kidnap you—you came onboard of your own accord And secondly, you can of course sulk for the entire voyage, but I wouldn’t recommend it’

Mia ground her jaw It had been too long since she had played this type of ame with Ram—she was a little rusty But Ram and Ran teaive the plastic surgeon another headache? ‘I’ll do it,’ she agreed ‘I’ll take a look round your yacht—but only on my terms’

‘Which are?’

‘You treat ner,’ she added hurriedly before he could get any other ideas ‘I’ll look at the project first and then I’ll decide if I want to become involved’

‘Okay’

Okay? That was it? Mia blinked But then her mind cleared and she realised that back in Monte Carlo Raone up in s her confidence he had done this And asher, she couldn’t help but be a little bit thrilled that life and Ra for Thisin proportion and accepted this was Ra more

So, her decision washer toe in the water—

Her toe? Heck, this was full naked-body i with satisfaction as he walked away She only had to touch her own lips and feel hoollen they were to kno far out of her depth she was Rae of discovery