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When I went back into the house, my luggage was missing from the hall. Presumably, it had been returned to my room for me. It pissed me off. Wasn’t it enough that I’d stayed? Reeve had to rub it in that he’d known all along that I would?

As if to further gloat, Reeve was standing at the top of the stairs when I climbed up.

“Congratulations,” I said before he could speak. “Looks like you succeeded in ‘keeping’ me too.”

I stomped off to my room before he could respond, and shut the door behind me, leaving him to stand in the hall alone for once.

CHAPTER 17

It took three days to prepare to leave for the island. There were all sorts of arrangements to be made. The compound house had to be opened and the kitchen needed to be stocked. Clothes were an issue. Amber had been sharing my clothing since she’d returned to the ranch, and neither of us had anything that would be suitable for wearing on a beach in the South Pacific. Reeve didn’t allow us to leave the ranch to shop, and even if he had