Chapter 24

"There," Noel picked up her empty plate and headed to the kitchen with it. Penelope sat back as she reluctantly enjoyed the aftermath of the Moussaka he prepared with a side of fried vegetables. He was a good cook. She had not known that.

But cooking for her was not enough to clear her suspicions of him. She stood up and trailed him into the kitchen.

He was at the sink rinsing the plates off. She couldn't believe it. It still felt like a dream. Noel Greer who ran almost all of the steel companies in Port was known to be ruthless in business and owned large shares within and outside Port - the billionaire who everyone respected was in a suite with her in Foreda cooking and rinsing plates off. She didn't know what to think but she would not let her guard down.

Noel looked back over his shoulder to look at her with a boyish grin that tugged at her foolish heart.

"My mother used to make the best Moussaka in our town and she would make a lot so that there was more for seconds. And I would