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But he was continuing, easing his shoulders, reaching for his refilled coffee cup ‘So what I suggest is this Don’t rush back to London just yet Stay tonight, at the very least, in Athens I’ll book you into a hotel at my expense,’ he eh time to think about your answer’

He drained his coffee and got to his feet, holding out his hand to her ‘Coet soood’ His mouth twisted wryly ‘It’s been a strenuous two days—and an emotional roller coaster for you’

She let him draw her up, because it seemed easier to do so, let him fold her hand into the crook of his arm and pat it with brief reassurance He led her out of the restaurant, pausing only to settle the bill with a flick of a gold-trimmed credit card Then they were out on the pave her across the road to the seafront

The war on her, and she felt its benedict

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Alexandros Lakaris was pointing out a couple of islands visible out to sea,how the bay had once, in Athens’s Classical Golden Age, been the scene of the fa her about Greece’s struggles so long ago

Rosalie listened, glad of the diversion fro herself interested in what he was saying She knew so little about Greece, ancient or modern

But it’s e I’ve been denied And even if my father is a man to deplore and be asha about this side of me!

She felt her gaze flick fro the pro as if they were already a couple

But it’s absurd what he’s suggested, isn’t it? Surely it is?

Her thoughts swirled within her, iht noas that somehow, and she did not kno, it see like this, in a leisurely fashion, with his tall figure beside herhis steps to hers

He took them to the start of the marina

‘Do you have a yacht?’ Rosalie heard herself asking, looking at all the boats bobbing on the water

He shook his head ‘A dinghy,’ he said ‘I keep it moored at Kallistris’