  &quot;Certainly, no better time than now to be vacationing,&quot; She silently mussed to herself as her thoughts drifted towards Michael. Since her arrival, her thoughts had always been of him, and the other night she had cried herself to sleep. Even Daniel had suspected when he had called her in the morning. But she had lied to him that she hadn t been crying though she knew he didn t believe her.
  Mitchell stood up from where she had been lying down on the beach to move to the spot where she could watch the sunset, she exchanged greetings with an elderly couple whom she had met twice on the beach since her arrival. The couples, probably in their seventies but still act like lovers. Mitchell enjoyed watching them. 
  Once she had wished that could be her and Michael in their old age but that was wishful thinking she knew. She had also imagined Michael appearing out of nowhere on that

  &quot;Then what in God s name are you doing here?&quot; To rub it in? Or to apologize to me that you are sorry you couldn t love me? If that was why you are here, you needn t apologize, because you don t owe me one. We had an agreement and you clearly stated you do not want commitment nor love. I am sorry I went ahead and fell in love with you. But now that I have thought it through, I realized it wasn t exactly the feeling I thought it to be.
  &quot;What do you mean by that?&quot; He said, breaking into her speech, his look was formidable.
  &quot;That I do not love you,&quot; she said indignantly, wondering why the sudden change in his countenance.
  &quot;Why? How is that possible?&quot; He asked. Wasn t it just days ago when you told me you love me; then how could you just change your mind like that? He demanded furiously, grabbing her hand tightly, that she had jerked it away imp

  He then turned to Spenser. I have a flight to catch.&quot; He said before turning to the guy. &quot;Thank you,&quot; he said. And he was gone, leaving Spenser and his secretary to take care of things.
  Exactly two hours later, he was on the flight going to Peru.
  CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  Mitchell slowly replaced the receiver into its cradle, she still wasn t able to digest the piece of information just given to her. Lyon had bid over Kentucky food and that was very understandable. Acquisition of companies was a norm in the business world and acquiring Kentucky food would allow him to get her back at her, at least so he d thought. But Lyon didn t know that even if he amassed more than Kentucky, he still wouldn t be a match for her, because she was going to protect her company at all cost. The fact that it had been a close bid was also understandable but what wasn t, was why Michael had al

&quot;Certainly, no better time than now to be vacationing,&quot; She silently mussed to herself as her thoughts drifted towards Michael. Since her arrival, her thoughts had always been of him, and the other night she had cried herself to sleep. Even Daniel had suspected when he had called her in the morning. But she had lied to him that she hadn t been crying though she knew he didn t believe her.
  Mitchell stood up from where she had been lying down on the beach to move to the spot where she could watch the sunset, she exchanged greetings with an elderly couple whom she had met twice on the beach since her arrival. The couples, probably in their seventies but still act like lovers. Mitchell enjoyed watching them. 
  Once she had wished that could be her and Michael in their old age but that was wishful thinking she knew. She had also imagined Michael appearing out of nowhere on that beach and proclaiming love to her. But she also had laughed at the absurdity of her imagination bec

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