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and the hotels.”
    â€œYou’re very loyal, David.”
    â€œHow do you mean? To whom am I loyal?”
    â€œThe opportunist who cashed in on my father’s dream. I bet these poor people are still being exploited. Providing cheap labor.”
    â€œThey’re paid the going rate.”
    â€œWhich I imagine would be unacceptable to any union back home,” she said drily.
    â€œThis isn’t England,” he said, shrugging his shoulders and looking grim. “We’re staying at the Hotel León, by the way. That’s where I’m based.”
    â€œThat sounds as though it should be situated on the lion’s head,” she said.
    â€œQuite right, it is. I hope you don’t hate it too much.” Despite his solicitous words, his tone had gone indifferent again, as if it was just too bad if she did. In a kinder key he added, “I’ll try to get things wound up quickly and then we’ll go somewhere I think you will like.”
    On being escorted into the hotel, the surprised reaction that had flashed across the porter’s face at the airport on being informed that she was David’s wife was repeated several times over. It gave room for conjecture. It seemed that a straight eyebrow was maintained at the sight of a woman by his side, as if that was a familiar sight. The statement that she was his wife was the signal for a gasp of astonishment. Once again, she wondered what his angle had been, why he had taken a wife when he so obviously hadn’t lacked for female company.
    â€œAre you hungry?” he inquired.
    â€œYes, but I think I’m too exhausted to eat.”
    â€œToo exhausted to combat all the inquisitive eyes in the dining room, perhaps?” he asked intuitively.
    â€œYes, I do believe that’s what I mean.”
    â€œWould you like to go straight up –” He smiled. “I was going to say to my suite, but it’s our suite now. Yes? I’ll collect the key and put you in the elevator, and I’ll join you when I’ve seen if there’s any mail and ordered a meal to be sent up.”
    â€œThat sounds absolutely marvelous,” she said, thankful he was not going to make her remain by his side, the object of so much astonishment and cool amusement.
    She couldn’t help teasing him about the way everyone was reacting to her presence. “Should you have sent prior warning that you were bringing a wife back with you? Have you put the cat among the pigeons?”
    â€œCat?” he mocked. “You’re only a tiny defenseless kitten.”
    â€œMeow,” she said, pulling a face at him.
    He put her into the elevator and instructed the diminutive elevator boy, whose name she gathered was Ignacio, to escort her to their suite.
    The lift whisked whisper-quiet to the top floor. She wondered what such a very large and pretentious hotel was doing on the premier site of her father’s island. It should have been a much smaller establishment, sedate and dignified, to fit in with Chimera’s unspoiled appeal.
    Ignacio proudly conducted her to her door. “ Buenas noches, señora. ”
    â€œ Buenas noches, Ignacio. Gracias. ” She knew very little Spanish, which was the language of the island, but saying goodnight and thank you was within her scope.
    â€œ De nada – it’s nothing,” he said, grinning as he went back to his post.
    She inserted the key that David had given her into the lock, twisted it, and walked into a luxurious sitting room. David hadn’t told her what he did at the hotel, but from the looks of this suite, she could tell that he was someone very important. Then her thoughts were broken as she noticed that the light was on. Odd. Probably the maid had been in recently and forgot to turn it off when she left. There was a desk in one corner, where David obviously worked, but it was primarily a room for relaxation with its deep, comfortable-looking armchairs,