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CHAPTER 47
He paused as he heard a whistle and Myra frowned, looking over the balcony. "I think someone's trying to get your attention, Mark."
He stood up and looked down at the pool area, where Heidi was trying to stop a drunken Jasmine from going for a swim."She's totally wasted," Myra muttered, shaking her head."Fucking hell," Mark said, laughing as his assistant nearly fell over.Heidi waved again for Mark to come and give her a hand, and he nodded."Better go help her," He said, stubbing out his cigarette."Have fun."Mark nipped down the stairs then out to the pool where Heidi now had a hold of one of Jasmine's arms and was trying to hold her back, telling her, "It's not a good idea to go swimming when you're drunk, and never when you're wearing Prada, Jasmine.""Hey, Jasmine," Mark said, stepping in front of her to divert her attention."Wooo!" She saidRelated chapters
The Island CHAPTER 48
He turned his alarm off quickly and flicked on the bedside light. Jasminehad rolled over at some point in the night and was sprawled across the bed, the sheet twisted down around her hips.He looked at her lying there for a second, then reminded himself he wasn't a fucking creep and got out of bed. A quick wash in the bathroom woke him up and he entered the dressing room quietly, removing his top, stained with saliva where Jasminehad drooled on it as she slept. He slipped another one on, then gathered up his phone, pulled the sheet up over her and headed for the gym.Markwas feeling pretty pleased with himself for not giving in to temptation last night. At one point he'd woken up, spooned in behind her and as he moved he felt her pushing her ass back into him. It would have been all too easy for instinct to take over, and it had tempted him at the time, but he'd remembered the state she was in, and he didn't want that. If he was goin
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Markput the bath on, surprised at how fast the water level rose, and he opened the cabinet that had jars after jar of different salts, powders and other things that he wasn't sure of. Rather than put in something that might make her feel sick, he just checked the water level and when it was deep enough, he shut off the tap and walked back into the bedroom.Jasminewas sitting up in bed now, her knees drawn up and the sheet tucked under her arms as she drunk from the second water bottle."Bath's ready.""Oh good," She muttered.Mark's eyes widened as she threw the sheet to one side and slid naked across the bed, then walked past him and got slowly into the bath."Bit casual with the nudity this morning, are we?" He joked."I don't care," She stated. "I'm sure you saw me naked last night, and I'm too rough to give a shit today."She dunked her head under the water, then swept her hair clear of her
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Markleft and got dressed, opting for light blue jeans, an old faded t-shirt and timberland boots, Francescabe damned. He roughly towel-dried his hair and swept into place with his fingers, grabbed a pair of shades, his phone and cigarettes and headed outside.He found the actress sitting at a table overlooking the pool, looking elegant as she sipped at a coffee. Marksaid hello and took a seat."Sleep well?""Yes," She smiled. "It's so peaceful here.""Feel free to visit any time you like," Marktold her. "I've no idea if my sisters or I will be here, but there's plenty room if you need to get away for a few days.""I might take you up on that," She replied. Her eyes flicked down to the phone and cigarettes on the table. "Smoke if you want to, I don't mind."Marklit up. "So you wanted to see me?""Yeah. When you coming to LA?"He laughed, reminded of the conversation u
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Marktracked down Lakshmi and told her about Sage, and suggested she catch Maddyand find out if she wanted to bring anyone else out, then asked her to organizefor Antand Samto come out too.He sat down on his balcony, lit a cigarette, called them both and felt immensely relieved when they jumped at the chance to come and see the Island. Antcalled him an asshole for not getting a picture of Ravenfor him, and Sampoint blank refused to believe him when he said he had been hit on by Charlize Theron.Myradrifted by towards the end of the call with Sam, so he cut it short and carefully asked her about bringing out anyone she wanted to the Island for a few days. She shrugged and said she was fine, then drifted off to breakfast as if she didn't really care. Markfrowned and made a mental note to try and draw her into spending more time with Maddy, then headed into his suite to see how Jasminewas.
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Markmurmured as he headed outside. He was chuckling a little at the idea that Jasminehad faked a broken shower so she could use his bathroom, and made a mental note to check it out himself, but then his mind drifted back to Henry's claim that there was no safe room on the Island. Connor's note claimed there must be, and that seemed more likely."That doesn't make sense that BenjaminMoorewouldn't have one," He whispered as he walked, and decided to bring it up again with Connor that afternoon.When he got back to the lounge, Mister Yousefwas waiting for him, so Marksuggested they have a walk while they talked."You asked me a few days ago when we first met if I was your lawyer, Mark," The old man reminded him."Yeah. That seems like weeks ago," Markreplied. "It's fine now though.""Well, the purpose of this meeting was to let you know I'm now your lawyer, and you can discuss anything with
The Island CHAPTER 53
Markarrived twenty minutes late to lunch and sat down to a very different meal a few minutes later. A platter of steak and lobster, and a glass of low fat milk were brought out and Markgrinned as he looked around the table."You're looking very cheerful," Myrasaid, giving him a shrewd look. "Like the cat that got the cream."Markglanced down at the plate, seeing an excuse right there in front of him. "I've been craving steak for days and I've been getting nothing but tuna and eggs, so this is a real change. And lobster too. Lucky me."Maddychuckled at his enthusiasm, while Myraraised an eyebrow.He ignored her and got stuck into his meal.Heidi asked if Jasminewas joining them for lunch, but Markshook his head, saying she was working upstairs but would order something from the kitchen, and then before he was finished eating they moved smoothly into an hour long briefing from Peter
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They circled the Island a couple of times at different heights, then swung out to sea, flying over a couple of small islands, barely piles of sand and a few trees, and then a larger one with a small community living on it. They swung further round to the west and the water turned a much deeper blue, obviously a lot deeper beneath them now.Markfigured now would be as good at time as any to tell his sisters about Connor's questioning notes, Henrys response and George Crowlers thoughts on it."What's the big deal?" Maddyasked. "There's probably no safe room.""Maybe," Markallowed. "But if there is, why is he hiding it from us? What's in there? Has Henrystashed away loads of jewels or cash or is it full of dodgy stuff?""It doesn't matter whats in there," Myraargued. "If it's there, it's there for a reason, right? So if we need to use it in an emergency, he's not letting us.""Anyway," Marksaid f
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As Myraglowered at him, Maddylooked a little disappointed and Markshrugged, Peter continued. "I don't say this to criticizeor cause offence, but to point out that the three of you are at different levels in your experiences, and we should take steps to balance that out in the coming weeks and months.""What are you suggesting?" Markasked."Please, bear with me for a moment. Mark, you seemed a little... awkward chatting with some of the musicians and actors yesterday, while Maddyand Myraseemed a lot more comfortable."Markfrowned, wanting Peter to get to the point."My suggestion for next week and the following one is that we should split into two parties," Peter explained. "Maddyand Myrashould go to New York, where we can focus on several of the businesses there. This will allows to give you more of a grounded education and by the end of the fortnight you should be roughly level i
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