Changes were afoot.
Changes that didn’t bode well for the immediate future.
Hermione Kappas wanted to be optimistic, but at the moment she was too tired. She was the general manager of the exclusive Ludus Resort. As she’d settled into her position this past year, she thought at last her life would be peaceful and predictable—two things she hadn’t had growing up. And they had been for a while, but as quick as the flip of a coin everything had once more changed.
On this particular Monday evening, darkness had come early. She yawned as she gathered her things. She hated working this late. Thankfully it was a rare occurrence.
On her way to her car, she paused in the resort’s spacious lobby. “How are things going, Titus?”
The nighttime desk clerk looked up. His gaze rose over the rim of his reading glasses. His older face, trimmed with a gray mustache, lit up with a friendly smile. “It’s another quiet evening, just the way I like them.” He removed his glasses. Concern reflected in his eyes. “You’ve been working late a lot recently.”
She nodded. “I have been. I hope this evening is the end of it.”
She’d been coordinating all of the requested information for the independent auditors. Now that the resort’s owner had unexpected died, the resort’s future was uncertain. And an audit was being conducted.
She hadn’t been privy to the details of the will—only the part about her having the authority to keep the resort in operation until the estate was finalized, whatever that meant. She just did as instructed by the resort’s legal team.
Titus nodded in understanding. “I’ll miss chatting with you each evening, but I’m sure you’re anxious to have life return to normal. Be careful out there. It’s an ugly night.”
“I will. Good night.”
She paused at the front door and stared out at the pouring rain. With it being winter, she longed for just a little snow. In the northern part of Greece where she’d grown up, there was snow in February but down here in the south, the snow was replaced by periodic rain.
Excerpted from Greek Heir to Claim Her Heart by Jennifer Faye, Copyright © 2022 by Jennifer Faye. Published by Harlequin Romance.
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