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Jewel emerged from the shower a different woman. Tonight was about new beginnings. For Sky and Joon.
For her.
Jewel wrapped herself in a fluffy towel and padded to the bed. She saw the sweatshirt on the mattress and picked it up, staring at the long sleeves.
Walking around in hot, baggy clothes everyday had been torture, especially working in a kitchen for hours on end. She didn’t like it.
No more.
Jewel flung the sweatshirt away and rummaged through the suitcase for something else. Her fingers snagged on a white dress that had a flared skirt and cinched in at the waist.
It looked pretty.
She pulled it on and slipped her feet into the sneakers she’d arrived with. Carrie, Jo and Sky could work their stilettos. She’d had enough of them for one day.
Jewel decided to leave her hair down and grabbed the tube of gloss Carrie had given her last year. She treasured it and never went anywhere without it.
After another glance at her reflection, she nodded. “You’re ready.”
Jewel hauled the door open and stepped outside… right into a rock-hard wall. She bounced back and lost her footing only to be rescued by a pair of strong hands that clamped around her upper arms and set her back in place.
A voice rumbled from the wall that she now saw was a massive chest. “Whoa, you good?”
Her eyes whipped up and she blinked, realizing she’d bumped into Finn.
As his gaze found hers, her resolutions melted like wax.
I can’t do this.
Jewel spun and tried to run back into the room.
“Hey, hey.” Finn grasped her arm and then let it go just as quickly. He lifted both hands in a sign of surrender and explained, “Sky said you were up here. I, ah, wanted to apologize about earlier. If I was out of line—”
She shook her head.
Finn licked his lips. “Do you want to talk about what happened?”
She hesitated.
“Or how about we do this? I ask a few questions and you just shake your head yes or no if I’m close to the right answer.” Finn folded his arms across his chest, drawing her eyes to his massive forearms. “When I touched your face at the site, were you scared of me?”
She stared at the floor.
Softly, he added, “Okay. Were you scared of someone else?”
She nodded slowly.
He sighed. “That person, have you heard from him recently?”
“No.”
“So he’s not in Belize?”
Jewel was pretty sure that Kross would have found her by now if he’d returned to Belize. Tearfully, she shook her head.
A strange look crossed Finn’s face, a mixture of distress and relief. She wondered what was behind it but didn’t have the guts to ask.
He nodded as if she’d confirmed something. “Alright, I won’t ask any more questions.”
