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CHAPTER ONE

Grace Adrian needed Dylan Sullivan Badly enough that when the babysitter she’d scheduled to watch her ten-month-old son bailed on her at the last second, she strapped Mason into the backseat of her car and headed down to the Seattle harbor with him

Fifteenlot beside Dylan’s boathouse Mason, who had been happily gnawing on his favorite stuffed giraffe during the drive, immediately lifted his arms to her when she opened the rear door

“I’ve got to unstrap you first, cutie” The second he was free, he all but juht him and cuddled him close The past year and a half hadn’t been easy, but she wouldn’t trade her son, or her i

Grace had plenty of regretsbut Mason wasn’t one of them

She was just shifting hihten out her navy-blue suit when he whiiraffe with you?” She handed it to him, but he batted it out of her hand “We’ll have to clean hientle voice as she picked up the stuffed toy froround and put it into the car, “but don’t worry, I have another one of your favorite toys” Mason ian to shake the multicolored circular rattle she handed him

Grace did her best to adjust her clothes, then ran a hand through her long, dark hair in an effort to look as professional as possible while she spoke with Dylan At least, she hoped she was going to speak to hile one of her phone es over the past week She would have sent him an email if she could have found a website or email address for him, but he was one of the few people on the planet who didn’t seem to have either Which was, she’d decided, just plain weird How did he run his business if people couldn’t reach him?

“Tio track down the elusive Mr Sullivan,” she said to Mason as they headed together across the parking lot

Her son bore down hard with his guh for Grace She’d beco the past tenjust how much she could find to say on her end, even when the only response she ever got was a gurgle, giggle, or wail

“Let’s pray that he’s nice and willing to cooperate”

The strange thing was how little information she’d been able to find about Dylan No interviews, nothing where he was talking himself up What kind of man didn’t want to promote himself? Especially when he was not only one of the most respected wooden-sailboatsailboat racer, but he was also related to some of the wealthiest—anda movie star, two rock stars, and a billionaire CEO