THIRTY-TWO
She wasn't eavesdropping. Not even a little bit. Just because she'd accidentally overheard Toby talking to Jay and then decided to stretch her legs in the corridor behind Reception as Toby conveyed Jay's message to Phuong, requesting a meeting at Villa Penguin, wherever that was...no, it still wasn't eavesdropping. Where was Villa Penguin, anyway? Presumably near the jetty named after the same bird.
Xan hadn't been hiding behind the potted palms, waiting for Phuong to appear. They'd just sort of screened her from sight, like they were supposed to screen the whole service corridor. She'd only moved them a little bit. Hardly at all. So when Phuong finally appeared in an elegant red dress with matching heels, of course Xan had felt the need to go outside for some air.
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