... lacked fulfilment; he had a large manor house set in the middle of acres of land of rolling hills and tumbling streams, he had a large yacht based in the Mediterranean, owned several villas and gîtes all over the world, and still had more money than he could ever spend, and yet in his heart, he longed for something else. He was sitting on one of the carved stone benches contemplating this when he heard the clock strike midnight; he had been sitting there for half an hour and was about to go inside when in the corner of his eye his saw movement in the water garden through a gap in the hedge dividing the two gardens. As he rounded the corner of the hedge, he found himself face to face with a being more beautiful than he had ever seen, more perfect than a blossoming rose. She was dressed ...

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