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Chapters (59)
  1. Cover
  2. About the Book
  3. Dedication
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-one
  25. Chapter Twenty-two
  26. Chapter Twenty-three
  27. Chapter Twenty-four
  28. Chapter Twenty-five
  29. Chapter Twenty-six
  30. Chapter Twenty-seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-one
  35. Chapter Thirty-two
  36. Chapter Thirty-three
  37. Chapter Thirty-four
  38. Chapter Thirty-five
  39. Chapter Thirty-six
  40. Chapter Thirty-seven
  41. Chapter Thirty-eight
  42. Chapter Thirty-nine
  43. Chapter Forty
  44. Chapter Forty-one
  45. Chapter Forty-two
  46. Chapter Forty-three
  47. Chapter Forty-four
  48. Chapter Forty-five
  49. Chapter Forty-six
  50. Chapter Forty-seven
  51. Chapter Forty-eight
  52. Chapter Forty-nine
  53. Chapter Fifty
  54. Chapter Fifty-one
  55. Chapter Fifty-two
  56. Acknowledgements
  57. About the Author
  58. Also by the author
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She watched his eyes turn hot, and darken to almost black. Her belly kicked as he smiled that slow, devilish smile. He leaned down and whispered in her ear, ‘No restaurant? No waiting for a meal when what I really want to do is kiss you? What a fantastic idea.’

Especially as they only had the morning before she had to leave. I’m a basket case, Ava thought. But so was he.

They both quickened their pace and were laughing and practically running by the time they reached the car. She felt like she was sixteen, not twenty-five, and couldn’t wait for Zac to get into the car and drive. She liked this extravagance of staying in his apartment at the hotel – no housework, lots of conversation, and a gorgeous man who wanted to meet her needs, while she met his. It was such a shame that it had to end.

Just before three, after she’d fallen into a deep sleep beside Zac for almost six hours, Ava slowly opened her eyes. As she lay there, she remembered this room from that first morning – was it only four days ago? This time the room was shrouded in darkness from the pulled curtains, so essential for daytime sleepers.

No chink of light entered today except from the clock, the green numbers telling her she needed to go. She sighed. If she wanted to get to Uluru before dark, she needed to leave now, and if she closed her eyes for a snooze she’d be driving in the dark. So she slipped from the bed and padded across to the bathroom, gathering her things to pack silently behind the closed door.

Which was a good thing because she needed to prove to herself by saying goodbye to Zac that he was not as necessary to her as breathing. She still didn’t know if the craziness between them would falter now that she was leaving Alice. They wouldn’t finish work together, meet in emergencies, or sleep in the same bed. But they’d made tentative plans – that he’d visit. Plans that she had no control over. All she could do now was wait to see if those plans would come to fruition. It really was outrageous to think of the depths to which she would miss this man after so short a time.