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.

was tidying things

didn't help. She was sitting

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

It was an unexpected sound to

At that moment, she was kneeling on the ground, gathering the weeds into a bundle to dispose of them. When she turned to look, what she saw was a neatly pressed pair of men's trousers.

exquisite. His deeply carved eyes were highlighted by long, long lashes. He had

speak, absolutely

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

an office on the top floor of the Hughes Corporation headquarters, doing... office

he suddenly be out

grave," he

make a big show of good manners. "But why would you come here in person, to a wretched backwater place like this?" Bringing over the cushion she'd just been napping on, she laid it at his feet for him to use. Perhaps he could

She had one face to show rich

Avoiding it entirely, he instead walked over to a

graves here, simple earthen mounds arranged neatly in rows, each one marked

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