When she asked them how they met, the strangest thing happened. “He kidnapped me,” Sam said. “We met on a cruise,” Dominic corrected him. “A very boring cruise.” “He bought me at an auction,” Sam said with a smile that was delightfully filthy. Sophie blushed. She might be old, but she wasn’t dead. Dominic gave his husband a long-suffering look and said, “Please ignore him, Sophie. He has a vivid imagination.”

