“ELAINE!” Sam ran out of the French doors onto the beach but there was no sign of her.

“Oh my god. Okay Samantha calm down. She must be here only…" She muttered to herself trying to calm down.

ELAINEE!” Sam yelled again, frantically looking around.

She ran into the house and the whole household staff had gathered.

“Did anyone see Elaine?” Sam asked them.

“No Ma’am. We retire to the quarters after the dinner is served”

“Aaron….I have to tell him….” Sam turned on her feet and ran out on to the lawns.

A guard ran up to her. “What is wrong Miss?”

“Elaine, I can’t find her anywhere. Start looking for her. I have to inform Aaron.”

The guard nodded and pulled out his phone.

Sam ran down to the guest house, worried sick.

Aaron and Elaine lay in bliss, oblivious to the happenings outside. Aaron rolled onto his side and looked at the woman he loved fast asleep in his arms. He smiled and kissed her temple. There was knocking which sounded more like banging.

Aaron quietly got out of the bed, pulled on a pair of shorts and went up to answer the door.

“What the—“Aaron said as he pulled open the door.

“I can’t find Elaine anywhere. She---“Sam stopped when she looked at Aaron, shirtless, trying to keep a straight face.

“She is with you isn’t she?”

“Yes she is. She is asleep.”

She leaned in and hugged him.

“I..you are not wearing a shirt…yeah..” Sam blushed and stepped back. One moment she was worried sick and the next she was ecstatic.

Aaron and Elaine were back together.

“I am so happy for you guys”

“Thank you”

“I will leave. I guess I will be the one eating breakfast alone today” She laughed.

“Thank you Samantha. For everything. This wouldn’t have worked out without you.”

“She is family to me and now so are you” She patted his forearm and turned around to leave.

“I also have to tell the guards to stop searching for Elaine. I will tell them she is in their boss’ bed”

“See you later Sam” Aaron laughed and walked back inside. Elaine came out of the room, wearing his t shirt.

“Good morning love” Aaron said as he kissed her.

“Morning. What happened? Sam was here?”

“She thought you ran away. She had the whole security team looking for you”

“She is crazy” Elaine laughed.

“She cares for you” Aaron as he lifted her up.

“Where are we going?”

“To witness my amazing cooking skills” Aaron said as he took her to the kitchen and deposited her on the kitchen island.

“You can cook?”

“Watch in amazement my lady”

Aaron pulled out two bowls. He rummaged through the cupboard and pulled out a box of chocolate cereal and grabbed the bottle of milk.

“See. A gourmet meal” He said as he fixed them each a bowl of cereal.

Elaine laughed at his antiques and picked up a spoon.

Josephine walked into her father’s office.

“Well look who is back! You said you were heading over to Greece for a few days?” Jacques Laurent said as he got up to greet his daughter.

“Hello Papa” Josephine returned his hug and sat down on the chair across from her father’s chair.

“What happened ma belle?” Jacques sat on the edge of table and looked at his daughter.

“I couldn’t get the deal papa”

“Non, it is okay. You tried cheri and that is what matters.”

“But papa…I am in love with him”

“Quelle? What are you talking about? You are only twenty three amour.”

“Non papa. Je l’aime. I know it.”

“You met for merely a day!”

Josephine broke down and started crying.

“Papa you said I should go there and work this deal. I want to work on this deal so I can be with him!”

“Josephine he is an engaged man! He has promised to marry his long term girlfriend Olivia Miller!”

“THEN WHY DID YOU SEND ME?!”

“I sent you because you a charming, beautiful young lady and I wanted you to start experiencing the business world.”

“Papa, I want him and that is it!”

Jacques looked at his daughter sobbing. He couldn’t see her like this. She was the world to him and would do anything to see her happy....anything.

“Listen to me cheri…You will have him. I promise you.”

“Oui papa” Josephine said and hugged her father.

“Hey, wheres your lover boy?” Sam asked as she walked up to Elaine and sat down on the couch next to her. Elaine was flipping through channels on the flat screen without really concentrating.

“He’s in the study on some conference call regarding a business issue.”

“He has a study in a vacation home?” Sam shook her head.

“He does have an empire to run.”

“So how are things between you two?”

“It’s like everything is perfect. I love him but over here it is like we are in own little bubble. I am scared when we get back to New York, everything is going to get all stressful and hectic. The waiting trial, my job; I can’t stand a company of a man without having a panic attack. How am I going to work and I can’t give up my job. I am not me without a scalpel in my hand Sammy but these panic attacks it is like I have no control over them and I am detached from my body. I get so scared…”

“Shush…” Sam said as she scooted over and pulled Elaine in a hug. “I am there for you okay and then you have Aaron. I know he is never going to let any harm your way and we will work it all out together. You just work on getting yourself back together and you are doing a great job Ellie. You have come a long way in the past few days. So have faith in yourself.”

“What the fuck?” Aaron growled and both the women jumped.

They turned around to see Aaron coming down the stairs, yelling on the phone. He had a stack of papers in the other one and he was wearing a suit.

“Look I don’t fucking care what the hell is going on. I just got off a video call with those bastards and the terms they have sent are complete bullshit. I am not accepting that. Robert, tell them loud and clear, if they want to do business with me they better don’t play dirty. It is not going to take me blasted ten minutes to bring their not worth shit company to the ground”

Aaron said and hung up the phone.

“You pack suits for a vacation?” Sam asked

“Not now Sam” Aaron muttered as he bent down and placed a kiss on top of Elaine’s head. He sat down on the opposite couch and removed his suits jacket and tie.

Aaron’s phone rang out again and he cursed. He looked at the caller ID. It was Dante.

Aaron answered the phone and his face paled.

“What happened?” Elaine asked as she got up and came up to next to him.

“Olivia was shot dead this morning.” Aaron said in a robotic voice.

“Who?” Sam and Elaine asked at the same time.