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career, reputation and my pride at risk.” He thrust his fists into his pants pockets and frowned at Blair. “And today! Today I find out that you are buying this hotel. You and your wife are here to sample the goods.” His beautiful mouth twisted into a sneer. “I am not part of the package. I am not for sale. I won’t be used by you or anyone else.”
    He spun around, flicking a glance to the ceiling and back to Blair. “ We don’t have closed-circuit cameras in the guest rooms of the hotel. We respect our patrons’ privacy. But tell me, did you secrete cameras around the room? Some expensive technology that island peasants like me would never expect? Am I going to find myself an internet sensation?”
    Elise clapped her hands to her mouth, too shocked at the fierceness of his accusations to speak. Blair, however, took a step towards Nick and stood toe-to-toe, chest-to-chest with him.
    “Last night, my wife and I offered you something special. I thought you were man enough to appreciate and understand the enormity of the gift. You’re worried about a secret camera?” Blair gave Nick a shove. “If this got onto the internet do you really think the world would be talking about you? I’m Blair Cowdery. For the last ten years I have dodged paparazzi, been followed by legitimate journalists and appeared on every major television news and social programme. If what my wife and I did here last night became public knowledge we’d be ruined. The stories would continue to circulate for years.”
    “We gave each other the gift of trust,” Elise added. “We would never betray that—or you.”
    Nick didn’t say anything, but he didn’t walk out either. The rise and fall of his chest slowed.
    “If any harm came to you because of what we did last night,” Blair added, “then I would use my money and my power to make it right. I won’t let anyone I care about be harmed because of something I have done.” He backed off a step. “The rumours of my intention to buy this hotel are true, by the way, and hardly a secret. But what happened here last night had nothing to do with my intended purchase.”
    Nick narrowed his eyes. “Why choose me to be part of your game? Because as an employee I was vulnerable?”
    “That’s damn insulting to me and Elise and to you. Why the fuck did you think we chose you? Elise was attracted to you from the minute she saw you. And you—do you think I’m stupid? Any man could see your response to Elise. Most men would be jealous. I’m different. You know what I wanted. You wanted it too. No one forced you into anything last night.”
    For a long moment Nick stood there. Then the white lines bracketing his mouth relaxed. “The owner came by today and told me you were interested in buying the hotel.” He took a deep breath. “He said your main reason for coming here was to sound out the staff’s reactions to the demands of exacting guests. Then he said you were used to getting whatever you wanted, no matter what you had to pay for it. I am afraid…I put too personal an interpretation on his words and became very angry.” He lifted one shoulder. “I’m Greek. We are a passionate race.” A grin curved his lips. “I have a temper.”
    “We noticed,” Blair said with a grin of his own. He clapped a friendly hand on Nick’s shoulder. “If being passionate leads to more of what happened last night, then I guess we’ll take the temper too…although perhaps next time you’ll ask before you go off on a tangent.”
    Again Nick shrugged. “I can’t guarantee it. If you stay here long enough…who knows?”
    Elise raised her eyebrows. Their stay was open-ended. Under normal circumstances they seldom remained in one place for long. But as long as Nick was here and willing, she intended to stay and make the most of their intriguing threesome.
    Nick suddenly looked at his watch. “I am still on duty. I have to go. If there is no actual complaint?”
    “You know there’s not,”