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“You two can discuss that this evening, they are coming over for dinner in an hour.” He lent forward and kissed her. “I love you.”
“I love you too. So what is for dinner?”
“I don’t have a clue, Olympus is
cooking?”
“Olympus?”
“The new housekeeper.”
“Oh! Is she good?”
“Excellent, come on.” They walked through the lounge and onto the balcony.
“I have to pinch myself every time I come to Greece, to make sure I’m not dreaming.” Katie sighed as she walked over to the railings and looked out to the sea view. “It’s so peaceful and beautiful.”
“Hmm.” He wrapped his arms around
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her waist and pulled her close, kissing her neck. “I’ve hated being apart for so long.” He mumbled. “I wish I could pass some of the travelling onto Nik but that wouldn’t be fair when they’ve got such a young family.”
“I know, I understand, but what
happens when you get married and have
babies?”
“We’ll have to split it again.” The doorbell rang and they heard Olympus walk through the apartment. Nikos and Melissa walked out onto the balcony, Melissa ran over and pulled Katie into a hug.
“Oh God! I’ve missed you!” Melissa said.
“I’ve missed you too.”
“How is my little Rhiannon?”
“Not so little and big trouble.” Katie laughed. “Where is Sophia?”
“With the nanny. I never leave her that often only for dinner and things.”
“So is she coming shopping with us
tomorrow?”
“Of course.” Melissa smiled. Nikos and Andreus were deep in conversation. “Men and business.” She rolled her eyes.
“Is there a problem at the office?” “The New York project keeps coming
up with problems. Nik says that the chances
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are one of them will have to go over there and oversee it until it is finished.”
“Andreus.”
“They’ll probably split it. It’s probably easier for Nik to go it is his design.”
“What about you and Sophia? He wont want to leave you two for God knows how long.”
“And I suppose Andreus would love to not see you and Rhiannon.”
“That’s different, we’re not married and Rhiannon isn’t his child.”
“So what! He’s in love with you and he adores Rhiannon.”
“They went into the dining room and sat down as Olympas walked in with a big bowl of soup, Katie looked surprised, she was very young and beautiful with long dark shiny hair, huge chocolate coloured eyes and a stunning olive complexion. She looked at Andreus and with one eye brow raised, he frowned.
Melissa looked at Nikos who shook his head. “What’s going on?” Andreus asked. “Why is everyone silent all of a sudden?”
“She’s pretty.” Katie smiled.
“Who?”
“Olympus.”
“So…!There are no rules to say
housekeepers have to be old is there?”
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“Of course not.” Katie mumbled as she started to eat her soup. Nikos and Andreus started speaking Greek again.
“Are you ok honey?” Melissa asked quietly.
“Sure.” She looked at her watch.
“Sorry, is it ok if I call Rhiannon before she goes to bed?”
“Of course!” Andreus frowned, he
watched her leave the room. “What’s wrong with Kate?”
“Nothing! She just wants to speak to her daughter.” Melissa said.
“That’s not what I meant. She’s gone quiet and acting like she’s a guest.”
“Maybe that is how she feels.”
“I’ve told her this is her home.”
“She’s…”
“What?”
“I don’t think she likes the idea of Olympus being here with you.”
“Mel, what are you getting at?”
“God you’re dumb!” Nikos rolled his eyes. “Olympus is a beautiful girl and you live here alone with her.”
“She’s my housekeeper!”
“It’s not unheard of for the staff to have affairs with…”
“Excuse me!” Andreus shouted. “Who
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the hell do you think you are accusing me…”
“I’m not!” Nikos laughed. “But Kate might be a bit worried.”
“I’ll be back in a minute.” Andreus stood up and walked through to his study where Katie was sitting on his desk with the phone to her ear saying goodnight to
Rhiannon. He closed the door silently and leaned against it. Katie hung up, jumped off the desk and turned, she jumped when she saw him.
“I’m sorry, I was just coming.”
“It’s fine. What’s wrong with you?”
“Pardon!” She looked taken aback.
“Do you have a problem with my
choice of staff?”
“No…”
“Don’t lie to me Kate.”
“Fine, I don’t like the idea of you two living here together alone. Happy now?”
“Am I happy that my girlfriend doesn’t trust me? No not really Kate. I love you and I do not cheat how many times do I have to repeat that. You need to learn to trust me or this isn’t going to work.”
“It’s not going to work anyway is it?”
“What the hell does that mean?”
“How long will you be in New York?”
“That isn’t a definite.”
“But likely.” he pulled her into his arms
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and kissed the top of her head. “When will you know?”
“Tomorrow.”
“Come on lets join the others.” She said trying to stop herself from bursting into tears. They walked through to the dining room and sat down.
“Are you ok?” Melissa asked Katie.
“Yeah fine.” They ate the rest of their meals then Nikos and Melissa left.
Chapter 16
Andreus and Nikos walked into the
conference room together at nine o’clock the next morning where Theo was waiting. “Good morning papa.” Nikos smiled as they sat down.
“Good morning, how is my beautiful
grand-daughter?”
“Fine thank you.”
“I hear Katie is back Andreus?”
“Yes papa.” He smiled.
“Will she be coming for a visit before she returns to England?”
“We’re going on the yacht for a few days, but we’ll come home before she returns.”
“Excellent! Now lets get down to
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business. Unfortunately the New York
skyscraper is not going to plan, I think one of you is going to have to go over there for six months until the project is complete. Andreus you are the obvious choice.”
“Of course papa, but I wont be free to go for two weeks, I want to spend some time with Kate before I go.”
“I know son, that’s fine.”
“Papa, Mel and I were talking last night and we feel I should be the one to go. I designed the structure…”
“You have a family here Nik! Yes I love Kate and it’s going to be horrible not to see her for six months but you cant leave your family.”
“Mel and Sophia will come with me.
We’ll move over as a family for six months.”
“Nik…”
“No, Andreus it’s easier for us! As you said you love Kate, she cant come with you not when she has Rhiannon. Mel is fine about going.”
“You’re sure Melissa is happy with this?” Theo asked.
“Absolutely papa.” Nikos smiled.
“Fine then it’s sorted, you two had better go and make sure your women are behaving.” Theo grinned. Andreus and Nikos laughed as they left the room.
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“Th
anks Nik.” Andreus said.
“No thanks necessary, you and Kate are good together you’re not breaking up over this stupid bloody design of mine.”
Katie and Melissa were sitting in a
coffee shop feeding Sophia. “So it looks like Andreus will be going to New York for six months, that’ll be the end of us.”
“Why?” Melissa looked stunned.
“We’ve been together for a month Mel. We’re not strong enough to cope with such a long separation.”
“Kate, you’re crazy about each other! Besides you don’t know that he’ll be going yet.”
“It’s a huge possibility.”
“I wasn’t going to tell you this but if one of them has to go it’ll be Nik.”
“What about you and Sophia?!”
“We’ll be going with him. We spoke about it last night and it’s easier that way.”
“But Mel…”
“It’s what we both want, I’m quite excited about it actually! Bloomingdales, Macy’s and Sak’s on my doorstep, I’ll be in my element! Trust me Kate, it’s no hardship so long as papa agrees.” She wiped Sophia’s mouth and strapped her back into her
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pushchair. “Now stop fretting ok, and lets spend our men’s money.”
“I cant spend Andreus’ money?!”
“Oh but honey you can! You need
clothes for your trip. Come on.”
Nikos and Andreus were sitting on the balcony drinking whiskey when Katie,
Melissa and Sophia arrived at the apartment, Katie was loaded with carrier bags. “Looks like you two had good fun.” Nikos laughed.
“You haven’t seen the half of it babe, my shopping is still in the car.”
“Is my credit card burning again?”
“Yep.” He groaned as Melissa laughed.
“Did you buy some things for our trip?” Andreus asked Katie as he pulled her down on his lap.
“Yes I used my own money though.” She grinned at Melissa who rolled her eyes.
“I hope not! I didn’t give you my card last night for nothing.”
“I used it a few times.” She smiled.
“You should have used it every time.”
“Boring!” Melissa moaned as the others laughed. “So how did the meeting go?”
“Looks like we are moving to New
York darling.” Nikos smiled.
“Excellent! When do we leave?”
“Just after Katie goes back to England.”
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“Mel are you really happy about this?” Andreus asked. “It’s going to be a lot of hassle moving with a tiny baby and then back again just six months later.”
“It’s my dream to live in America! Besides it’s better for us to move there than you two to be separated for six months!”
“Ok, so long as you’re happy.”
“Oh I am.” She laughed. “I’ll be even happier if I get to be a maid of honour when I get back. Katie choked on her juice, Andreus laughed as he tapped her back and Nikos rolled his eyes
“Jesus Mel, I cant take you anywhere!”
Chapter 17
Andreus and Katie spent ten days on
the yacht sailing to Kos, Crete and Rhodes. He had intended to take her to more of the islands and to Turkey but she had loved Rhodes so much they’d decided to spent the rest of their time their. When they arrived back in Athens, they spent two days locked up in the apartment before spending the last day of her holiday at his parents home.
“Hello Katie.” Sophia Sillas smiled as she kissed both of her cheeks. “Welcome back! Did you enjoy the sailing?”
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“It was fantastic! The islands are
beautiful.”
“We stayed in Rhodes for seven days, we hardly sailed.” Andreus laughed.
“You said you were happy to stay
there.”
“I was! Believe me sweetheart I have spent my whole life travelling the islands, I was happy in Rhodes because you were there with me.”
“You little softy!” Melissa laughed as she walked over. “Oh Kate, he is definitely the tyrant Nikos made him out to be isn’t he?” She rolled her eyes. “He’s made of marshmallow really.”
“Marshmallow!” Andreus laughed. “I am a tyrant, don’t ruin my reputation.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah.” Katie laughed as she wrapped her arms around Andreus’ waist. She caught Sophia giving them a
disapproving look and stepped away quickly.
They all walked to the pool where Theo and Nikos were playing with baby Sophia, Andreus walked over to them smiling leaving Melissa and Katie sitting at the table on the terrace. “Mel, do Greek parents disapprove of showing affection in public?”
“No! Why?”
“When I put my arms around Andreus a minute ago Sophia gave me a filthy look, I
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don’t think they approve of me.” Katie said sadly.
“Why wouldn’t they?”
“Because I’m an English single mother. Maybe they think he should marry a Greek beauty.”
“I’m English, they don’t have a problem with me and never have.”
“Maybe it’s because of Rhiannon then.”
“I’m sure they like you Kate, besides you’re Andreus’ choice, it has nothing to do with her. Talk to Andreus.”
“No, I don’t want to make a big thing of it. It’s not like we’re serious yet, we’ve only been together for eight weeks.”
“Are you joking! Nikos and I were
already talking about marriage and children by then! Andreus loves you Kate, Nikos has even said he’s never seen Andreus act with another woman they way he is with you. Even if the family were worried about you being a single mother they’d never treat you or speak to you with anything less than politeness.”
“I suppose.”
“They do like you Kate. Especially
Theo, he always asks me how you and
Rhiannon are and when you’re coming over for a visit.”
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“I just don’t want anything to come between Andreus and I, I’m mad about him.” Katie smiled as Andreus started to walk towards them with Sophia in his arms.
“Nothing will Kate, Nik, Andreus and I will make sure of it.” Melissa smiled.
“You ladies are looking very serious.” He laughed as he sat with them and handed Sophia to Katie.
“Love is a very serious subject Mr. Sillas.” Melissa teased.
“Do you two always talk about Nik and I behind our back?” He raised his eyebrows at Katie.
“Is that a problem?” Katie asked, she felt her body tense as Andreus unbuttoned his shirt and slipped it off his shoulders, it didn’t matter how often she had seen him strip, every time she felt desire shoot through her body.
“Not at all sweetheart, so long as you are being nice.” He kissed her passionately, Katie ran her fingers up his chest.
“Oh my God you two! Do you realise
there are other people around?!” Melissa laughed. Andreus slowly pulled away and smiled.
“I’m just giving you two something to talk about. Besides I’m not going to see her for five days after tomorrow, I’m making the
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most of it.”
“And you seriously thought you could handle six months apart?” Melissa laughed.
“No, it would have killed me.” He said seriously.
“Lucky we are going instead then isn’t it.” Melissa looked at Katie who was staring intently at Andreus. “You’ve gone quiet Kate that must have been some kiss.” She said as Andreus walked away.
“It always is. His body Mel, God!…I cant get enough of him, I hate it when one of us has to leave.”
“Why don’t you move here then?”
“What about Rhiannon?”
“There are English schools here.”
“We’ve never spoken about taking the next step. I’m not sure he’s ready or even if he wants to.�
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“He probably doesn’t know what to suggest because of Rhiannon or maybe he thinks you’re not ready. Kate you have to talk to him, tell him what you are thinking and what you want.”
“What if I scare him off?”
“Andreus? Are you joking? It’d take more than that to scare him off. Anyway how was the holiday?”
“Perfect. It was brilliant.”
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“How was the sex?”
“I feel like I’ve lost my horse when I’m walking.” She laughed.
“What’s he like? Hard and rough? Soft and sensual? Slow? Fast?”
“Melissa! That’s your brother-in-law!” Katie laughed.
“So! Come on! Spill.”
“It depends on…”
“Katie!”
“Ok, ok…seriously it does depend on the mood but he tends to be slow, soft and sensual, unless we haven’t seen each other in a while.”
“I always thought he would be an
animal in bed.”
“Who are you talking about?” Nikos made them jump as he walked up behind
them.
“Oh…erm…you!” Melissa stammered as Nikos raised his eyebrows at her in amusement.
“Oh…erm…me?” He laughed. “Why do I get the impression that isn’t exactly the truth?”
“Kate wasn’t we talking about Nik?”
“No.” Katie laughed.
“Kate!” Melissa looked shocked.
“I am an animal in bed so I know it isn’t me you were talking about.” Nikos
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kissed Melissa quickly then took Sophia. “Who was mummy talking about?” Sophia gurgled then smiled.
“We were talking about Andreus.”
Katie said grinning.
“Ah! So you always wonder what my
brother is like in bed then do you darling?” Nikos teased.
“No!” Melissa panicked.
“Relax.” Nikos laughed. “So long as you aren’t planning to try and find out first hand you can wonder all you like.”
“I’d never cheat on you Nik.”
“I know sweetheart.” He smiled. “I love you.”