rter", Grayson signaled him to let her in while he finished up his call, "alright, bye Mum". He turned to see Stella already seated, wit

, I

nd

she said with a

ed and ready, we have to

about the inter

of his shirt while Stella stared as his perfectly formed muscles strained against his shirt. She l

table or on

take, "what?", was h

iew? The table or the couch?" he ask

o keep her mind from going to forbidden places whenever she was around Grayson. She groaned internally at the thoug

her a lopsided smile and Stella felt

basically coerced her into this agreement, she wasn't like the other women he met and he mentally punched himself for falsely calling her out at the Kelman party. He could probably get used to her, he thought to himself. During the interview, he noticed she couldn't hold his gaze for long, and she kept fiddling with her fingers. He wondered whether he had the same effect on her that he had with other women, he couldn't tell, Stella always seemed so feisty and abl

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"wait what does one take on their fake marriage holiday?" she asked herself as she threw

and Jenna and some of our friends are going t

wins had no idea about her agreement with

e work on

m y

kay, I guess we'll

ends, but she wasn't sure what she was getting herself into if she broke the terms of

she picked up the phone and saw

, how ar

uess, wha

to see how you we

ing all of a sudden?", first it was Jan

old?", he soun

t wha

e froze. Her hea

ederick ?" she

ut for like

lright, breathe in, breathe out, he can't get to you, you still have that restraining order filed and you're all the way in Seattle, you're okay alright?" her dad said, trying to calm her down. She took deep breaths and tr

funny, "like hell I am", she retorted. There was a pause, then he chuckled and said, "Stella we leave for Monaco whenever I say w

ng

he stared at it momentarily hoping it wasn't who she tho

me of year, I wonder how the we

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tries with him and asked a few questions to which he gave monotonous answers and an occasional grunt. When they reached where t

of th

d saw Grayson coming out of the jet, those beautiful dark green eyes of his found hers a

ss that pooled around her feet. Her hair, already ruffled by the early morning breeze, hung loosely around her shoulders. Her hazel-brown eyes looked up at him and he held her gaz