Chapter FiveThe Duke awoke early and lay planning his day as he had started to do last night.
When he had returned to the yacht, he had found it difficult to adjust himself to the chatter and laughter of his guests.
They were sitting on deck drinking champagne and, as he saw at once that Lily was not with them, he knew where she would be.
He was aware that he had no wish at the moment either to talk to her or touch her.
So he waited until it was time to dress for dinner and then deliberately went straight to his cabin, where his valet was waiting and had prepared a bath for him.
He knew that Lily would hear him talking to the man, if she was still in the cabin next door, and would understand that he was not joining her as she had expected.
If she had waited all that time, Lily was to
