CAROL MARINELLI - One Summer Night - An Indecent Proposition / Beholden to the Throne / Hers For One Night Only?

Yes, she felt ready to face him.

Zander watched her walk along the jetty.

Saw her ponytail swishing in the breeze. He had expected hesitation, for her to stop and fiddle, to find a mirror, but it was a confident Charlotte who walked towards the boat—and she looked stunning, even with those gorgeous eyes shielded.

She did her best not to sulk.

Instead, she played the game and accepted champagne and the delicacies on offer, laughed at his comments, spoke with him—but not for a second was she herself, and he missed her, he craved her, he wanted her back.

‘That is Lathira …’ he pointed to the island in the distance ‘… where Nico grew up.’

‘Oh.’

‘You know that,’ Zander said. ‘It was the wealthier of the islands then.’ She examined a manicured nail instead of commenting. She was at work, Charlotte reminded herself, there to gather information for Nico. There to confuse Zander with her confidence, there to reclaim some pride.

‘And you grew up on Xanos,’ Charlotte said. ‘What about …?’ She swallowed, for she felt like a spy. ‘What about your parents?’

‘What did he ask you to find out?’ Worse than a spy, she felt like a double agent.

‘I was just making conversation.’

‘You blush when you lie,’ Zander said. ‘Not a lot, but your neck goes pink.’

They dropped anchor and she didn’t feel so brave any more, but tried not to show it.

He took off his shirt and she yearned to do the same, to feel the breeze on her shoulders, but her body thrummed in his presence and it was safer covered. He smiled as she sat on the bench, trying to look detached, trying to ignore the scent of him as he leant over to pick up the sun lotion.

‘Could you do my back?’ He asked as if he were innocent, as if that olive skin could possibly burn, as if a man like Zander Kargas could possibly feel pain if it did.

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