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Malin

"Morning, my beautiful ma belle,"I say in French.

She tilts her head up and kisses me. In French, she replies, "Morning."

"Should we leave the room today?" We haven't for several days. Since the night of the dinner party, actually. We even ate all our meals in the bedroom.

She bites on her smile. She continues in French, "I prefer to stay locked up forever with you, naked."

I switch to English. "Your French is getting rather impressive."

"I have a good teacher."

"I think we need to show our faces. At least to Gustave and Bernadette." I hope to keep her in the apartment and away from anyone else, but time is running out. I want to leave Panama City, but it's too dangerous to leave the embassy with the persons of interest on Emilia.

She groans.

I caress her hip. "I know." The last few days, it's been only us. I feel like ma belle is back. And we've both been happy again.

She reaches up and strokes my cheek. "We probably should let the maid clean the room."

"Shower, then breakfast?"

"Are you taking it with me?"

"Do you want me to?"

"Yes."

"Good answer."

We take our time, shower, and get ready. When we walk out of the room, Gustave and Bernadette are at the table eating breakfast.

Gustave looks up from his laptop. "Ah, about time you came out."

Emilia's sexy blush creeps into her face. "Have we missed a lot?"

Bernadette smirks. "No. We've been lying low as well."

"But I do have news you aren't going to like," Gustave informs us.

My gut drops. I pull the chair out for Emilia. She sits, and I take the seat next to her. "What?"

"Zoe Diego is back in the Global Leaders' hands. It was on the news several days ago, and we missed it."

Emilia gasps. "No."

Bernadette looks at her plate with a frown on her face. "She's such a sweet woman."

"You know her?" Emilia asks.

"Yes. We've met many times at embassy parties."

"What happened?" I ask. "What about Dirk?"

Gustave shakes his head. "I've been trying to get the information, but everything is being kept quiet."