Veritas

Veritas

Author: MJ Duncan Listening Length: 9h 33m
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Working as a chef aboard a private yacht might not seem like a vacation for most people, but to Lauren Murphy, a highly-regarded sous chef at a top New York restaurant, the opportunity to spend seventeen days in the Virgin Islands, sailing from one tropical location to the next, while having complete freedom to create ...

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LATER THAT NIGHT, after the dinner dishes had been cleared and the Muellers had all disappeared to their cabins to try and make up for the sleep they did not get the night before, Grey found Lauren lying on her back on the starboard trampoline at the front of the boat.

Lauren’s hands were folded behind her head, her long legs stretched out in front of her and crossed at the ankle, and her eyes were trained on the stars overhead.

She looked relaxed and at ease with the world, like the breeze blowing out of the east that tickled her toes and snaked over her body did so at her behest.

“Are you going to stand there and stare at me all night, or are you going to come out here?” Lauren asked, her voice soft and amused as she finally turned her head enough to look at Grey.