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breasts. “I’ve been waiting for you.”
    “Why?” he asked, trying to fight the urge to scoop her up in his arms and carry her into his bedroom.
    “I wanted to talk to you.”
    “Can it wait until morning?” he asked.
    “It could if I thought I’d see you at breakfast.”
    He’d been out of the house before dawn every morning since they’d arrived on Mykonos. “My schedule is demanding.”
    “I know,” she said. “That’s why I’m here.”
    “What’s up?”
    “It’s about Theo and your father.”
    “Is he too sharp with Theo?”
    “No, nothing like that.”
    “Then what?”
    “He’s just so Greek. He’s trying to make Theo into a miniature version of him. I don’t like it, but he won’t listen to me.”
    Christos could well imagine what Ari was teaching his grandson. “Being a Theakis is an important part of Theo’s upbringing. Patera is probably just trying to catch him up on everything he’s missed in the last few years.”
    She shook her head. “It’s more than that. Every time Theo does something now, he asks me if he’s living up to the Theakis name. He’s four, Christos. He should be playing, having fun and enjoying life, not worrying about keeping up your family image.”
    “It will be your family, too, in a few weeks.”
    “I can understand that, but he’s still just a little boy.”
    “I’ll talk to my father and tell him to back off.”
    “No. I don’t want you to do that.”
    “What do you want then?” he asked.
    “Some advice on how I can deal with your father. He keeps telling me that I’m not Greek so I can’t understand, and his secretary won’t give me any time on his calendar.”
    She sounded so upset and so earnest that he wanted to fix this for her. But he knew the old man wasn’t going to soften in his attitude toward Ava. Even if she’d been a Greek woman, he’d treat her the same way.
    “It’s just his way. Don’t let it bother you.”
    “I can’t help it. All day long he watches me and everything I do. Then when Theo’s out of the room he tells me all the things I’m doing wrong.”
    Christos walked over to her and pulled her into his arms. She nestled against him as though she belonged there. And for the first time that day, he felt a measure of peace. This was what he’d been missing during the long hours at the Theakis Shipping office. And he knew this was a false promise. Ava wasn’t waiting here for him. She’d been waiting for advice. He should drop his arms and move away…except he was wound so tight from wanting her that he’d take whatever he could get.
    “That’s his way. Just tell him to mind his own business.”
    She pulled back and glanced up at him. “That might work for you. You get to leave this house.”
    “Is that what this is all about?”
    She shrugged and drew back. “I’m not sure what my life is going to be like as your wife.”
    “Taking care of Theo and socializing with me in the evenings.”
    “Oh. I’m just…”
    “What, Ava?”
    “I don’t know. I feel so isolated from everything. I don’t want to crowd Theo, but there’s no one else here who likes me.”
    “I like you,” he said.
    “Really?” she asked.
    “Yes, really.”
    He had the feeling he was getting closer to whatever was upsetting her. “I…I don’t have anyone I can ask to be my attendants in the wedding. I’d like to invite Laurette to be my maid of honor, but she can’t afford to fly from Florida. And that still leaves three openings…I know you have three groomsmen, right? Antonio, and then Tristan and Guillermo?”
    “I’ll arrange it all. I like Laurette and you should have your friends with you. Is there anyone else we should bring over from the States?”
    She shook her head.
    “Don’t worry. I’ll have Guillermo and Tristan each draft a woman to bring down the aisle.”
    “That’s not the point,” she said.
    “What is the point?”
    “I’m…not sure I can live here.”
    He rubbed the back of his neck.