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er be or else I ht have to spank you”

“Is that a prorin

He smiled, “It is now”

All of a sudden I could feel the steady descent of the aircraft This had to be the best honeyot that opportunity?

We exited the plane and a white Jaguar XKR aiting for us I resisted the urge to roll et one of these too e get hoh that escaped

The car purred to life and he stepped on the gas I quickly buckled htly in the ainst the black leather seat and pulled out lasses so I wouldn’t have to squint Jonathon with his sensitive eyesight had put on dark sunglasses before we even left the plane I took in the cool blue color of the Mediterranean as its white caps sparkled like diaht Jonathon opened the car s and a warm breeze filtered in He looked over and sht He turned onto an obscure dirt road that seemed to run parallel to the ocean My hair whipped aroundto get the hair out ofin a car with the n Laughing still, he closed the s “Thanks,” I smiled appreciatively

“No problem,” he continued to chuckle at me

He drove through a thick copse of trees that seerow thicker and thicker

Ahead I could see the trees begin to thin and a lightness that wasn’t there before Jonathon glided the car around a bend and then the trees opened up to a largeas Jonathon’s fae expanse of beach and covered in floor to ceiling glass I wondered how there would be any privacy It was so close to the water that I could literally run right into the Mediterranean Jonathon pulled into a carport and hopped out of the car to get age

He pulled a key fro white wood and the walls hite too The door opened into a kitchen and everything, except the stainless steel appliances, hite too There was an archway and beyond it I could see three steps down into a fa The vieere stunning I could understand nohy everything was so sterilely white; the deep blue color of the Mediterranean was the only color needed “Whose house is this?” I asked “Yours?”

Jonathon’s hand came up to the small of my back and he answered, “Gabriel’s”

“Really?” I asked, turning in his arms

“Yeah,” he sighed “Gabriel travels a lot so he said we could use it”

I looked around the house with new eyes now It looked like nothing I would associate with Gabriel This place was so white and airy compared to his dark personality

The shrill tone ofmade me jump I pulled it out of my pocket The number was unfamiliar “Hello,” I stepped away from Jonathon