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for a video chat. She propped up her phone to hopefully hide the sleeveless nightgown with the frog print that she wore to sleep, and, biting her lip, she clicked to accept.
    "I know you!" Heidi exclaimed before she could stop herself.
    The man on the screen was relaxing at what looked like one of New York's many roof-top restaurants. The sun glinted off of his dark brown hair, and when he smiled, she could see the glint of perfect white teeth. With the sunglasses on, she knew exactly who it is.
    "Do you?" the man asked teasingly.
    "You were at my graduation yesterday," Heidi blurted out. "Next to the aisle."
    "I was," he said, his tone warm and friendly. "I was in the neighborhood, and I realized that the graduation of my newest employee was happening close by. I decided that I wanted to see the woman that my HR department told me we had to have."
    Heidi blushed a little at the praise.
    "You didn't have to do that," she said, looking down.
    "Ah, I knew that you were going to be busy with your friends and family," he said easily. "I just wanted a peek."
    As a matter of fact, she had headed to the grocery store to splurge on her favorite ham and cheese sandwich, and after that, she had gone home to her apartment. She wasn't going to mention that to him though.
    "It was still nice to see you," she said a little shyly.
    "Ah, but I called you for a reason. As you can clearly see, I am Jaque LaMer, and not some cruel imposter here to take advantage of young graduates. You can find of picture of me in your welcoming documents, but I can also show you this."
    He held a small card up to the camera so she could see. It was, in fact, a Swedish driver's license, confirming that the bearer was Jaque Phillipe LaMer and a resident of Stockholm. Heidi also noticed with envy that Jaque's photograph looked like something out of a fashion magazine. She looked like a frowsy haystack of red hair in hers.
    "So you are who you say you are, she said. "But why are you offering me a ride?"
    He shrugged. "Convenience. Curiosity. I will be doing at least some work with you in the months to come, and I wanted to see what I was getting up front. You don't have to accept if you don't want to, I imagine that you have parties and people who want to see you off."
    What she had was an empty apartment where all her things were gone and a cat that she could get someone down the hall to feed.
    "No, I would love the opportunity, Mr. LaMer," she said hurriedly. "I can be ready whenever you like. Should I meet you at LaGuardia, or …?”
    He grinned, apparently delighted that she was going to allow him to do her such an impressive favor.
    "I'll send a car for you around seven this evening. Bring whatever you need, because if I know anything about how people feel about Athens, you're not going to want to come back. And, Heidi?"
    Maybe she should have been offended at him using her first name so easily, but somehow, it only made her smile.
    "Yes, Mr. LaMer?"
    "Knock it off with the Mr. LaMer, all right? I'm the first born son of Queen Greta Marie LaMer, and my proper address is Prince Jaque."
    Heidi's eyes widened as her cheeks flushed with heat. "Oh! Oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry, of course, Prince Jaque …"
    It was only when he started laughing that she realized that she had been had.
    "Wow, most people just tell me to go to hell when I pull that one out," he said between chuckles. "I can tell that you're going to be some real fun. No, Heidi, Jaque's fine. When I'm in my design phase, I'm crawling all over my yachts, and no one has time for mister anything then—just Jaque."
    She nodded, still blushing, and he quirked a dark brow at her. He really did have a gorgeous smile, she thought.
    "Can I hear you say it? Just once? I want to make sure that you can."
    It was harder than she expected it to be. "Jaque," she managed, and he smiled.
    "There, that's wonderful. See you tonight. And oh, by the way, those are nice frogs."
    The Skype call ended, and for a moment, Heidi