Chapter 64

Jasper frowned, deeply upset; but it didn't really bother him, so he kept on going.

Tyson staggered along behind him, terrified that one wrong step might cause him to slip and fall into the wet mud all around them. His clothes would be ruined! He didn't want to even imagine it...

Jasper used to be a soldier, and so had trained his sense of balance; Tyson was just an ordinary guy, and struggled to keep his footing here.

Soon, he had fallen way behind.

Jasper was alone by the time he reached the graveyard. Tyson was still struggling to make his way through the mud.

Having finished paying their respects, Lara and Helen had taken the four children to a dried-up pond to pick some reeds.

Those reeds had grown tall... tall enough to hide them all from sight.

Willow and Samantha were alone in the graveyard.

tidying

was sitting on a cushion

Willow. His dark eyes grew soft, and he said, "Willow, what are you

was deep and enchanting. It was an unexpected sound to hear,

gathering the weeds into a bundle to dispose of them. When she turned to

a remarkably handsome man, finely dressed and mighty of stature. Every detail of his fair face was exquisite. His deeply carved eyes were highlighted by long, long lashes. He had thin, sexy lips. Such a breath-taking, commanding figure... appearing out of

She couldn't speak, absolutely smitten

then, she shot to her feet, eyes wide with shock. "Jasper! Er... Mr Hughes, sir," she babbled

In an office on the top floor of the Hughes Corporation headquarters,

out here, in the

grave," he answered, striding

throat. Scrambling to her feet, she hurried over to greet him and make a big show of good manners. "But why would you come here in person, to a wretched backwater place like

behavior from her, Willow resisted the urge to roll her eyes. She had one face to show

unimpressed. Avoiding it entirely, he instead walked over to a patch of

many graves here, simple earthen mounds arranged neatly

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