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roses and purple iris gorgeously displayed in an oblong glass vase perfumed the open-air dining area. 
    “’Scuse me, Stefano. I lift the anchor. We can sail again.” A darkly tanned young man wearing a pair of long shorts appeared at the top of the stairs. “Food trays are ready in warmer. I go home now for two hours. Nina’s downstairs if you need anything.”
    “ Andaxi . Okay. We’ll use the trays later, when we decide to have dinner. I’ll get the boat closer to Chora.” Stefano turned to Ashley. “It’s the downtown area of Mykonos where Mikhali lives. Come, Ashley.”
    She followed him up another set of stairs. Can one get lost on a boat? With all these stairs that led to various areas, she might. When they entered the pilot house, she whistled in amazement. “This yacht beats my grandfather’s boat by far. His is much smaller and easier to maneuver.”
    Stefano burst out laughing. “The Athena is a piece of cake to sail. Obedient like a Greek virgin.”
    The only Greek virgin she’d heard of had been poor Elena, Grandpa’s first love. According to the sad story he’d told her, the pregnant ex-virgin had been forced to obey her tyrant of a father, forget her young lover, and marry a wealthy Greek. Talk about obedient.
    “See.” Stefano’s voice poked through her distraction. “She’s as fast as a beautiful antelope.” He stood at the helm station and motioned for her to approach.
    Ashley didn’t know enough about the man to judge him but he seemed in love with his boat. Did he protect all his property with the same fierceness?
    Suppressing the urge to shrug, she stared with dismay at the three dozen buttons and levers. Her hope of driving the luxurious yacht evaporated with her inability to figure the use of the switches. Her companion grabbed a lever and lowered it. The yacht launched forward and gained speed.
    “We’re cruising the open sea now to the other side of Mykonos.” Stefano pointed to the land that dwindled at the horizon, then enlarged again a few minutes later. He lowered the speed and stopped the yacht.
    “Mikhali,” Stefano called from the top of the stairwell.” You can go ahead.”
    “ Kalinikta ,” Mikhali answered, as he climbed down the aft deck stairs to the swimming platform and dove into the sea.
    Behind the windshield, Stefano raised his hand in a goodbye gesture. “ Kalinikta .”
    “Good God, he’s swimming to shore.” Ashley arched incredulous eyebrows and stretched her gaze over the length of sea from the swimming platform to the island. “Are you all used to swimming such long distances?”
    Stefano burst out laughing, a thousand stars glittering in his eyes. “That’s not very far. All Greeks learn to swim and dive as soon as they can walk.”
    No wonder Greeks developed wide shoulders and corded torso bronzed to perfection. The man standing beside her could qualify as Hunk of the Year . Her chest heaved on a sigh of repressed hunger. To think she’d spent three months wondering if she’d done the right thing to dump that no-good Randy after catching him nuzzling a clerk’s neck at work. The sleazeball called it a crazy moment of distraction and accused her of being narrow-minded. Randy’s chest didn’t compare to Stefano’s muscled expanse of tanned flesh.
    “Would you like to take the wheel?” Stefano’s voice penetrated the cloudy fog of irritating memories.
    “Oh, I can’t handle such a big yacht.” Randy’s snicker echoed in the back of her head, warning her not to be too bold in her goals.
    “I’m sure you’ll do great. Besides I’ll be next to you if you need guidance. Go ahead, trust yourself.” Her host’s confident courtesy erased her ex-boyfriend’s belittling comments.
    “Thank you.” For your encouragement and for being so different from the jerk that had done his best to erode my self-confidence . Grandpa had been the first to detect Randy’s sneaky character so well-hidden under a smooth façade and refined