Chapter 179

• She could hear the waves lapping against the shore and could see the moving glimmer of sunlight on the water, but, although she was surrounded by so much beauty, all she could remember was the uproar and the chaos. Because wasn’t it over there beside that crop of rocks that Ariston pulled her into his arms for that tantalisingly sweet taste of pleasure, before thrusting her away again? She closed her eyes as goosebumps shivered over her bare arms, despite the heat of the day. How could the memory of something which had happened so long ago still be so vivid?
• ‘You like it?’ questioned Demetra, obviously misinterpreting her silence.
• ‘Oh, gosh, yes. It’s…beautiful,’ said Keeley quickly.