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‘It is very good,’ he assured her solehness is back on board I will tell him that you use the shower and he will tell the Captain’

If she was quick she ht have time to be in and out of the shower and dressed before Drax returned It would certainly give her pride afreshly groomed

‘Thank you, Ali,’ she said to the steward again ‘I shall shower and change now, then, if that’s all right?’

‘It is very good,’ Ali repeated ‘You will call ne?’

There was no lock on the bedroom door—but then there was no need for her to lock it, Sadie assured herself She had never found the al Sawars’ staff to be anything other than respectful and polite, and Ali certainly hadn’t struck her as being anything other than trustworthy

Five minutes later she stepped beneath the shower and felt the bliss of its ater on her skin, even better than she had anticipated To see the fine grains of sand sluicing doith the water into the shower trayto wash her hair If she couldn’t dry it then she would plait it, and at least it would be clean—even if it er shower than she had planned

Drax frowned as he watched the line of iner logo carrier bags to his waiting staff He had bought what he had thoughtwo house of Dhurahn, but also for the prospective bride of one of the Sadie’s size for the clothes hadn’t been too h experience to make a pretty shrewd estimate of her measurements But to be on the safe side he had instructed the boutiques to supply the shoes they had suggested went best with the outfits in two sizes Now she would have a wardrobe fit for a young woh to catch the eye of his fastidious brother, complete with some discreet pieces of costume jewellery and a Cartier watch

Drax stepped into the interior of the jet and the waiting stewards closed the doors

‘Where is Ms Murray?’ he asked Ali as the steward offered hine, which he waved away

‘She asked me if there was sufficient time for her to take a shower before takeoff’

Drax glanced at his watch

She should be out of the shower by now He got up and headed for the guest bedroo Sadie of his plans for her, but he would have to give her soht her and make sure she wore them from now on

Sadie was crouched on the floor, wrapped in a large bath towel, going through her al disbelief and dis for the underwear that should have been there but so far she hadn’t been able to find She was oblivious to the brief knock on her door before Drax opened it and walked in

The shock of seeing hiht in the trailing he her completely naked

For a heartbeat neither of them moved Sadie couldn’t even breathe, never mind retrieve the towel But still her soft, pale-skinned rounded breasts lifted slightly, as though she had drawn in her breath, whilst her nipples, still dailded frohtened subtly But not so subtly that Drax’s attention wasn’t caught by their quick hardening—a hardening that was reciprocated far less subtly by his own body