Emily had traveled for work many times before. Although assistants usually packed for her, experience made her efficient—she finished packing a week’s worth of clothes and a carry-on in no time.
Emergency medication went without saying; self-defense items like pepper spray were indispensable.
Early the next morning, Emily took a cab to the travel agency, collected her freshly issued passport, and headed to the airport. She assumed she’d need to print her boarding pass and find her way herself, but Blake called and told her to wait near Gate 13.
Emily expected an assistant or housekeeper to appear. Instead, after standing there for a few minutes—politely declining help from two different well-meaning strangers—she finally saw Blake arrive, fully disguised and conspicuously low-key.
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