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wouldn’t hurt to take some time out from yet another packed business trip.’ She waved an arm elaborately.
    â€˜My thoughts entirely,’ he said, looking like a puppy.
    â€˜You can’t imagine how tiring it can be for us international business executives.’ Again with the arm, this time melodramatically draped across her forehead.
    â€˜Oh, I can easily imagine,’ he said.
    â€˜Monaco today, London tomorrow. Hawaii before that. Busy, busy, busy!’ Sadie was really getting into the role play now.
    â€˜Hawaii? Really?’ he asked. ‘We were in Hawaii too, last month.’
    â€˜You sure you’re not stalking me, in your “power” yacht?’
    â€˜Ha-ha! No, just some charity work, and it’s a
superyacht
, remember?’ he said as he reached up and fiddled with his chain – a gold and silver St Christopher, she noticed.
He wasn’t nervous, surely?
If he was, it made him all the more endearing. ‘And anyway,’ he said, changing the subject, ‘you stumbled on
my
deck, remember?’
    â€˜Literally.’
    â€˜So? What do you say?’
    â€˜So …’
    â€˜You’re milking this a bit, you know that don’t you.’
    â€˜So …’ she teased, putting her finger on her lips, thinking. ‘So – one word of warning. At the stroke of midnight I turn into a pumpkin, so I can’t stay late.’
    â€˜Fine by me, I’ve got an early start too. And anyway,’ he said, looking knowingly into her eyes, ‘I quite like pumpkin.’
    â€˜I mean it! And it’s one night only, right? I mean don’t make
too
many “plans”, eh?’ She raised an eyebrow at him.
    â€˜Well, Mrs Businesswoman, you’ll be pleased to know I gave up making those sorts of “plans” a long time ago – specially not with someone I’ve just met.’
    â€˜Makes two of us,’ she replied.
    â€˜Kindred spirits then,’ he said. ‘Perfect. Great minds think alike. Or …’
    â€˜Â â€¦ fools seldom differ!’ they chorused together.
    Sadie laughed aloud and it made him chuckle too.
    â€˜So, sevenish okay? Shall I pick you up?’ he asked.
    â€˜No. Let’s meet wherever we are going.’
Best not to let him know which hotel I’m in just in case he turns out to be a weirdo.
    â€˜Okay, how about the Buddha Bar up in Monte Carlo. Do you know it?’ he asked.
    â€˜Yes,’ she said, recalling the handful of leaflets she’d taken from the cab that dropped her off at this jetty.
Fate and destiny
.
    He stepped back and took her hand – then kissed it – without taking his eyes off hers. A shiver shot down her spine. ‘It’s a date,’ he said.
    A date!
    One night of fun with Hot Boat Guy. One night of being someone else. Someone desired.
Someone that’s not boring old Sadie Samantha Turner.
    She grabbed her waterlogged bag and leaned up to plant a kiss on his cheek, pulling away before he could respond. ‘See you later then.’
    â€˜Haven’t you forgotten something?’ he said as he walked her down the gangplank.
    â€˜What?’ she said, her eyes wide. ‘Oh, you want this?’ and she handed him the glossy brochure. ‘I know you’d like to buy one of these when you’re a grown-up. But for now, just stick the pictures on your wall – it might help you make your own luck.’
    â€˜Ha-ha. No, I mean your name,’ he said. ‘You forgot to tell me your name and I didn’t quite catch it from your loud phone calls. I’m Mac. Pleased to meet you, Miss …’ He did a mock bow and held out his hand.
    â€˜It’s
Ms
,’ she said, wagging her finger at him. ‘And it’s a pleasure to meet you too, Mac. My name is Sss …’ but as soon as Sadie heard her own name in her head, she instantly felt less adventurous. Instantly ‘life’