Page 197 of Risks of Temptation
"You did? Andre, that's great. Congrats."
He grunts. "I haven't asked her yet. You can tell me that when she says yes."
"I'm sure she will."
"I hope so."
"So, Dirk and Zoe are having a baby?"
"Yes."
"Hunter and Vanessa are here or in Australia?"
"They are still here."
"Penelope and Axel are here, too? With Millie?"
"Everyone is here."
"And Blaise. He looks good. But he's doing better?"
Andre's jaw clenches. "Yes. He has things under control, but he's not going back."
"I'm glad to hear that," I admit.
"Me, too. He shouldn't have gone the last time."
I look at the slider door again. "How did you lift the person of interest off Naomi and Emilia?"
"Tell you what, I'll tell you tomorrow when you fill me in."
"Deal."
"Let me show you where you can sleep. I have a feeling the women are going to be out there a while." He leads me to a bedroom upstairs, but I don't sleep. I wait for ma belle, but she never comes to bed. When the sun is rising, I look out the window. She and Naomi are sitting at the table on the deck and still talking.
I get in the shower and am leaning against the wall when Emilia slides her arms around me.
"Did you miss me?"
I spin to face her. "Always, ma belle." I kiss her. "Are you and Naomi okay?"
She nods. "Yes."
"What did you tell her?"
Her blue eyes brighten. She smiles. "Everything."
My gut flips. She's going to hate me more. "Everything?"
"Yes." She puts her hand on my cheek. "I told her how you saved me. And not just from the President, or any of those other evil men. But from my boring, isolated, unlovable self."
"You've never been boring or unlovable."
"I didn't love who I was. And my life was boring before you."
My worries from the plane fly back to me. "I hope you don't find things dull going forward."
She tilts her head. "You still don't get it, do you?"
