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Spring.
That will be Miranda’s run.”
    Gray
nodded, barely hearing Jack’s words as the older man continued
chatting about the new job.
    He was so damned glad he’d returned earlier from his trip. Had
she gone to that wedding alone, she would have been prey to strange
Octoposeidon and Gray didn’t want her first Octo sexual experiences
with one or more strangers. He wanted her first time to be
with him .
     

Chapter Two
     
    The
instant Gray left her dad’s office and strolled up the outside
stairs to where the three of them shared a large apartment on the
second floor of their office building, Miranda left the yacht. A
few minutes later, she knocked on her dad’s office door. Without
waiting for him to call out for her to enter, she walked
in.
    “ Dad, we need to talk.”
    “ Hey, sweet pea. Are you all packed up for your trip?” he
asked.
    He didn’t
look up as he studied some papers on his desk. She could tell in
the way he worried his bottom lip that he didn’t want to deal with
her now. She almost dropped the argument she had planned, but
decided she owed it to herself to stick up for herself.
    “ I just have to get my stuff on board. Dad, you promised I
could do a solo run this year. It’s already October and unusually
mild this year. Perfect boating weather. I had my heart set on
going this one alone.” Guilt did wonders on her dad when she wanted
something and she wasn’t above using it on occasion. Like
now.
    He looked
up and surprise washed over his face.
    “ You know why you can’t go it alone this time, Miranda,” he
said and returned to studying his papers.
    “ I get that. But I want a promise from you that the next one is
mine.”
    He
frowned and looked up at her again. He shook his head.
    “ That’ll be December. The ocean is not a good place for you to
be in December, sweet pea. Gray is experienced with the winter
deliveries. He’ll do the December run. You can do next
Spring.”
    Gray. Gray. Gray. Damn him !
    “ Promise me, dad. All the Spring runs are mine.” May as well
get more than one trip out of the guilt.
    He seemed
relieved. He stood and made his way around his desk and engulfed
her in a warm embrace that was more like a tight bear
hug.
    “ My baby is growing up,” he whispered against her
ear.
    His baby . Gosh, was he for real? She’d
stopped being a baby years ago.
    “ I’m impressed you didn’t argue more about this run. You’re
turning into a real professional. I promise. Spring runs will be
yours,” he said as he let her go. He gazed at her with love in his
eyes and it made her feel guilty for extracting this promise out of him.
    “ You be very careful out there, sweet pea. Keep an eye on the
marine forecast. Storms can sneak up on you this time of the
year.”
    “ I will.”
    “ And don’t argue with Gray when you’re out there. You two need
each other to keep this delivery on time. You can run the boat
nights while Gray takes to the ocean and follows you. In the
mornings, you can both sleep. He’ll do the renovations to the yacht
in the afternoons and evenings. Gray has the itinerary. Stick with
it and you’ll have no problems.”
    Miranda
nodded. She could promise to stick with the schedule, but Gray, on
the other hand, was going to be a problem. Especially with that
earlier sexual fantasy still very fresh in her mind and affecting
her body.
    * * * *
*
    As
Miranda hauled her belongings below deck to the master cabin, she
thought about her past. For her entire life she’d craved being near
the ocean. That urge had really come out following the tragic death
of her mother. She’d been five and her dad had moved the two of
them inland. But Miranda had grown depressed and moody, crying and
begging to go back home. Home, meaning the ocean.
    Therefore, in his overprotectiveness, he’d then moved them
here to the secluded bay near the Alaskan Glacier Park. Here, with
the stunning backdrop of snow-capped mountains and glistening ocean
waves and an abundance