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Sophie has an itinerary today and I’ve already held them up but I want to be with Jude.
    “ I would love nothing more than to spend the day with you Jude,” I tell him, his hand still holding mine. I tilt my head up to look at him and he grins.
    “ Go tell your girls they have to keep a five hundred meter distance from you if they wish to continue chaperoning us. I will show all of you what London has to offer,” he tells me. I’m shocked he would offer to take us all around, but I like the idea of them having to stay back. I want him to myself.
    “ Ok, that is very nice of you, but I hope you keep one of those London offerings just for me,” I flirt. His eyes light up, like I just told him the best secret.
    “ For your eyes only Eden, I have so much more to show you,” he winks. Those words make my body heat, I feel it right down to my core and I shiver in anticipation. I will never forget that wink, that grin, or that voice. I hold myself back from pouncing on him. I want him too much and way too soon. The idea of using my credit card strikes me, maybe I should get a room for just the two of us. Daddy did say to use the card on anything that strikes my fancy, well a very charming Oxford graduate strikes my fancy.
    I will never forget this day for as long as I live. From the changing of the guard, Tower Bridge, museum after museum and the evening cruise along the Thames, it was all perfect. My friends shortened their distance from us as the day went on until we eventually all traveled together. I knew he was a keeper when he made Mariana laugh and Sophie gave up control allowing him to plan our route. I was determined to keep Angie’s hands off him especially when I heard her using her ‘flirt voice’ and fluttering her thick long eyelashes. I didn’t hide my possessiveness and neither did he. No matter the lines, seats, room on the sidewalk, he always kept me close to him. Yes, I fell and hard.
    He placed himself behind me on the cruise once the boat began to move. I sighed as he wrapped his arms around my waist. He felt right and familiar to me as I breathed him in. I loved feeling the heat of his body on my back. When he spoke the actual words floated away as I reveled in the way his breath felt skimming across my neck. It took all my willpower not to turn around and kiss him. I couldn’t help but lean back into him. He responded by holding me tighter to him.
    Once everyone made it back to the hostel they began gushing over their great day with Jude. I stood back as I watched each of them kiss my man on the cheek, saying goodbye and thanking him for the perfect tour of London. I continued to watch them as they marched up the stairs, making sure they were gone. I waited with Jude, not wanting him to leave me yet.
    “ I never would have thought that the traditional full English breakfast this morning would have led to such a fun day, thank you Jude, so much,” I say, wishing I was brave enough to tell him more. He smiled but didn’t laugh, his gaze heavy, causing me to tremble. He moved closer to me, almost as though he read my reaction to him. He’s so close now I can smell his ocean scent and my head spins.
    “ Spend the night with me Eden,” he asks, but it sounds more like another command. I like the way he commands me. I have never slept with a guy on the first date, even the diving instructor had to give me a few lessons first. I shouldn’t but I know we don’t have much time. I am only here for three more days.
    “ We both know I shouldn’t, I want to but I can’t. I’m sorry,” I moan, not liking the answer as I said it. I glance up at him wondering if sex may have been the reason he spent the day with me. I truly hoped not. Did I read him wrong? I step back and turn from him to the door, not liking the unsettling feeling in my gut. Leaving him like this was the last thing I wanted to do but I have my pride.
    “ Eden Clara Daniels, wait a minute, please look at me,” he demands. I like