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Stop.
She needed to stop.
Seemed like she needed another meditation session already.
Thirty minutes later,after another meditation session to calm herself, Maggie slathered on some more sunscreen and pulled on her black and red checked short skirt, black oversized T-shirt, and combat boots.
Perfect.
Leaving her bedroom, she headed down the stairs to the kitchen. She wasn’t usually a breakfast eater, but the day couldn’t start without a cup of tea.
Beck sat at the kitchen island, sipping at his coffee.
“Morning!” she said cheerfully. “Sleep okay?”
“Not really.” He gave her a small, polite smile.
“I’m sorry.”
“Not your fault. I’m just missing my girl. You nearly ready to go? Want some breakfast?”
“I don’t eat breakfast.”
Beck gave her a look of disapproval, which was strange. He had been nothing but polite last night. She shrugged it off.
Her quota for disapproving people in her life was full.
No one else need apply.
“There you are, my dear.” Uncle Willy walked into the room with a big smile.
He seemed so different here. Lighter or something.
She wasn’t sure what to think of it.
“Shall we get going?” her uncle asked.
“Yep. Sorry. I had to fit in an extra meditation session.”
Her uncle shot her a look, but she just smiled back at him. She didn’t want him worrying about what her parents or siblings had said to her. Or how she felt.
“Let’s go meet the princess.”
Whoa.
“This place is nuts,” she whispered to Uncle Willy as they walked through the palace.
He smiled at her indulgently. He wore a white linen shirt and beige shorts. Maggie couldn’t deny that he was a good-looking guy.
When they headed down a hallway, she frowned as she saw the men waiting at the end, one and each side of the large double doors.
Ian.
She almost hissed at him but held herself back. That would hardly be professional.
And she was all about being professional.
Well, not really.
