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I have to do this And I can—I can do this

Because I must…

And when she had—when she had done it—she would finally be done with Theo Theakis For ever

I’ll have finished what he started—what I never, ever wanted him to start

And then Theo Theakis could go to the hell he deserved

Gri of thethis to her crammed every cell of her body

She felt the plane tilt, circle down, co into reverse thrust to brake the plane, decelerate to a standstill

Limply, she let her hand lie in her lap, then jerkily she unfastened her seat belt and looked around Theo was already on his feet, and so was his aide Theo did not look at her, si to mure the pilot and copilot De his briefcase He half hesitated, Vicky saw, as if to turn and speak to her, then simply hurried off after his employer

It was the stewardess who caone, and Vicky knehy and was glad of it—even though she knew perfectly well that Theo had only been concerned about himself, not her But at least itspotted by the paparazzi that hung around waiting for VIP passengers to coh

If they kneas back in Greece with Theo they would have a field-day!

She shivered involuntarily Hadn’t it been bad enough being an object of virulent curiosity to every woman who had had, or wanted to have, an affair with Theo? But on top of that she had also, thanks to her e, been an object of voyeuristic fascination to the Greek paparazzi, and to her consternation she had beco taken whenever she went anywhere public with Theo, and often when she was on her own, as well

A grilowered in her eyes It had been the paparazzi, trailing her to that hotel, who had precipitated the vicious ending of her e…

She pulled her mind away She would not let herself recall that hideous scene again, in which Theo had poured down on her all the savage fury he was capable of Just as she would not, would not, let herself think about what she was doing now, returning to Greece

A car aiting for her, large, sleek and expensive, with tinted s and a chauffeur The moment she realised that that was to be her forh her The car indicated that she was staying on the mainland God alone knew just how many beds Theo owned across his myriad properties, but there was one above all others that she dreaded

No—no thinking of that No memories allowed Total shutdown of brain function—that was all that was allohen it came to that subject