Chapter Thirty six

Chapter 36

Maya.

Maya knelt in the cool soil of the garden and plucked the few weeds from around the flowers and greenery. With Alex ’s morning ritual of working, she had found other ways to occupy her time, much to the dismay of the gardener who flew out twice a week to tend the grounds.

Ever since her outburst on the beach, Alex had ceased to push Patrice and Dr. Karounis at her for every little health concern. Instead, they stayed firmly in the background on an as needed basis, and Alex had relented on her traveling the stairs alone.

Despite the fact that he continued to work in the mornings, he came out to have breakfast with her before returning to his office. Then the fun began for Maya. Each day she found a new method of driving him insane. He would come

looking for her when work was finished, and invariably she tried the restraint he had promised to exercise when it came to demanding that she rest.

When Alex had found her in the garden on her hands and knees, she thought he w