“Okay, well. Good,” Liam said, half-watching Verity’s pre-flight check. She knew what she was doing, but a second set of eyes never hurt.

“Can’t tell you how good it is to finally meet the person who managed to convince Liam there was more to life than work,” Renee said, this time addressing Verity.


Look, she was a workaholic (former) CEO of a multi-billion dollar company, and even she had had time for romance... at least, before she’d headed off into space with only Liam, Ra’jel and Yulyn (and eventually Lili and Ariel) for company.