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That made no sense, of course, since we’d taken the jet to a dozen places since we’d been together Most of the ti weekend from work

I mean, she literally kept three suitcases packed at all tied winter clothes And the third was somewhere in between, packed with her usual daily type of wardrobe

There was no reason to think she had any clue ere up to

I’d hammered out the details for months

I’d booked everyone else’s flights, rented out their villas, and helped cover their tracks so Shawn didn’t realize that everyone in our lives was heading to the Maldives at the same time

From the text I’d received from Jules and Nasir—the ht took off, everyone hadAdnan take them over in the boat one-by-one to the villa when our plane was supposed to land

“What’s theat me over her cup of coffee

“Nothing, love”

“Bullshit,” she shot back “The only other tiet that dental iauze,” she said, brows raising “What’s going on?”

“Why do I have to have some ulterior motivation?”

“Because you’re you,” she said, snorting “You know that your tea Bellamy’ all the time?”

“That hurts,” I said, pressing a hand to ht they did that to Fenway, not me”

“Two sides of the same coin, the two of you,” she declared “You better not be tricking y,” she warned me

“I pro to the Maldives”

“Did you do so ridiculously ostentatious to the daue aton the youth center and helping Velle and his dad franchise”

“All of that is in the works as well, love After all this time, you still underestimate my ability to be ridiculous and ostentatious on multiple fronts at the same time?” I asked

“Fair point,” she agreed, shooting me a strained smile

“This is a really long flight now that I’m conscious this time,” she said

“I have the pills handy if you need them”

“No We’re saving those for the next tiht love you, but I really don’t like you when you have the flu”

“So you’d rather drug ly cater to my every need?”