Megan woke up at high noon.361Please respect copyright.PENANAv8BqTjfZlM
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She361Please respect copyright.PENANAIZpyYxVBFT
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her361Please respect copyright.PENANA29f1zx7bJ1
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it361Please respect copyright.PENANA4PN94KGa4z
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last361Please respect copyright.PENANA6Q4VXXLrzf
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force361Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0FukUhxpi
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her361Please respect copyright.PENANAdte3cwfFQt
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy361Please respect copyright.PENANAwzGnHR9wMz
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget361Please respect copyright.PENANAIqnAleJBZ6
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be361Please respect copyright.PENANAexy1AjTdBT
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out361Please respect copyright.PENANAdPnAZxBdAU
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating361Please respect copyright.PENANAIcRiMYYWDe
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried361Please respect copyright.PENANAA1NGnLXtml
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated361Please respect copyright.PENANAqeoLwyZHWq
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history361Please respect copyright.PENANAt8zuVHFWV0
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases361Please respect copyright.PENANA5va7E7d8xS
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood361Please respect copyright.PENANA8Be6Su4tMo
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her361Please respect copyright.PENANAj24UdNLyRl
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,361Please respect copyright.PENANAVOpiAUR4bs
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her361Please respect copyright.PENANAQkwSYS1avQ
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANAd4QPdolXJn
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern361Please respect copyright.PENANAAqsFWlJCp7
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty361Please respect copyright.PENANA4XAKWqEpB4
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned361Please respect copyright.PENANAc9R8lmHF1w
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she361Please respect copyright.PENANAMRs2SM9VRQ
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of361Please respect copyright.PENANAPQUXYFVTih
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her361Please respect copyright.PENANAH56d7huHpN
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,361Please respect copyright.PENANAqWxWF0Y4NL
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green361Please respect copyright.PENANAUePOnCu3TD
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a361Please respect copyright.PENANAgJ9aFIv7Q4
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture361Please respect copyright.PENANAgtIr2rsYQC
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt361Please respect copyright.PENANASzofWn92Lz
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how361Please respect copyright.PENANAFbye7Fm3Gi
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl361Please respect copyright.PENANAvIxoXSe9i5
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,361Please respect copyright.PENANAa41I3HwHIq
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,361Please respect copyright.PENANA4mPGe3ZzXE
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the361Please respect copyright.PENANAHJNQm6KwrL
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her361Please respect copyright.PENANA0RfuJ9O5sr
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I361Please respect copyright.PENANAhVZANkSnD5
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,361Please respect copyright.PENANAADTUzjgRy7
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the361Please respect copyright.PENANAejpIobizph
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly361Please respect copyright.PENANA4IsIUkplJj
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still361Please respect copyright.PENANAeDbyCKGhMo
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to361Please respect copyright.PENANAklIOwpRCCW
apologize….”
The girl stared at her361Please respect copyright.PENANAQQbu2pEf8I
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel361Please respect copyright.PENANAsFcS1RVGwy
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty361Please respect copyright.PENANAHHlRXbrzFD
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost361Please respect copyright.PENANAhb8UPhYhtf
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of361Please respect copyright.PENANA5ozMGrw7KR
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!361Please respect copyright.PENANAkZNmcQ4m4D
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that361Please respect copyright.PENANAIXspAUpQ6u
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the361Please respect copyright.PENANA2rJ0uTM01h
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do361Please respect copyright.PENANADBwgAXmw7S
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for361Please respect copyright.PENANAD1cARixxes
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and361Please respect copyright.PENANAIj1pjb7DV3
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away361Please respect copyright.PENANAKEuskpofYW
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.361Please respect copyright.PENANATCas0duLET
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his361Please respect copyright.PENANAanFO4EfMlA
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.361Please respect copyright.PENANAkE97WoFtum
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up361Please respect copyright.PENANAuH67I0ylwY
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s361Please respect copyright.PENANA43LvIMwBF6
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you361Please respect copyright.PENANAUHYH956xPp
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was361Please respect copyright.PENANAhVa6EPByMo
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the361Please respect copyright.PENANAWxPHlg2FqD
counter.
“Brisket hash with361Please respect copyright.PENANAjNZO6SPS4q
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready361Please respect copyright.PENANAez1WuRNUqJ
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in361Please respect copyright.PENANAwmC4TXAAGu
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and361Please respect copyright.PENANACI7zB45zLh
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium361Please respect copyright.PENANA2EeqR1G8bl
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a361Please respect copyright.PENANArW833036cU
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had361Please respect copyright.PENANA0Gv1aP5mWS
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been361Please respect copyright.PENANAcpGmkptvUn
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in361Please respect copyright.PENANAsOONDifVsb
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat361Please respect copyright.PENANAU3du9I6HL2
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan361Please respect copyright.PENANAVPyhLcz7LY
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with361Please respect copyright.PENANAM6zQOFHyEx
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for361Please respect copyright.PENANATV1pMjoiTp
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,361Please respect copyright.PENANAYktd6ojYcx
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs361Please respect copyright.PENANAi35ZrgQB1z
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned361Please respect copyright.PENANA0OWypXNQFb
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to361Please respect copyright.PENANAwyRI5lKxSg
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never361Please respect copyright.PENANAQkouBRsQBb
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.361Please respect copyright.PENANAUdfp8G7uhj
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking361Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ1LF2fZ7R
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly361Please respect copyright.PENANAtTebXjlS2d
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow361Please respect copyright.PENANA5BYqpOFb8W
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to361Please respect copyright.PENANArZm4iSRmxw
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed361Please respect copyright.PENANAAHz4zWDOes
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she361Please respect copyright.PENANAZZUtT894My
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite361Please respect copyright.PENANAYw7T2pUHdl
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking361Please respect copyright.PENANAt0bnVN5hHI
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great361Please respect copyright.PENANAJpviGE2Z2n
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than361Please respect copyright.PENANArrCs6Dy8nF
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.361Please respect copyright.PENANAk21Ar6DDRk
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere361Please respect copyright.PENANApIypuQmqeQ
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical361Please respect copyright.PENANAs8cUdSI7uA
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!361Please respect copyright.PENANAdMjA28yqhd
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone361Please respect copyright.PENANAevXuZLEpZW
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping361Please respect copyright.PENANAupwhyFkL1x
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for361Please respect copyright.PENANAvJbpVl6k7z
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in361Please respect copyright.PENANAaXGKYy0pqs
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the361Please respect copyright.PENANA1GJsbrxu25
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as361Please respect copyright.PENANArYoBH3Lqw1
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An361Please respect copyright.PENANAfJHaWWSf8T
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the361Please respect copyright.PENANAeL7AGMVXv0
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was361Please respect copyright.PENANAEUJebUJFET
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why361Please respect copyright.PENANAZCzOqiL8WA
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was361Please respect copyright.PENANAHuaa4X1QFf
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.361Please respect copyright.PENANAiLH59eqk7L
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing361Please respect copyright.PENANAF1QdnXKNDG
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at361Please respect copyright.PENANAoKUtLYUKuF
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,361Please respect copyright.PENANAE4EpZ1Gw9O
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with361Please respect copyright.PENANA4KgDY8lTG2
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.361Please respect copyright.PENANAcMcOX8xheM
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve361Please respect copyright.PENANAtDNd1oCa9e
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly361Please respect copyright.PENANA14OoWnZpgL
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at361Please respect copyright.PENANA20qVfxL3U0
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and361Please respect copyright.PENANAzfRne8TxS0
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel361Please respect copyright.PENANAm6rrhGTpG4
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few361Please respect copyright.PENANAvKNYrg1Alz
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.361Please respect copyright.PENANAHvNlHB9sHm
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the361Please respect copyright.PENANAgYuqYv4pwI
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like361Please respect copyright.PENANAcbEF6zsXIw
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids361Please respect copyright.PENANAHkpSSktR50
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do361Please respect copyright.PENANATGlc8mwQIu
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the361Please respect copyright.PENANA6Sf0OMuArb
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the361Please respect copyright.PENANAbdcNgdf5Al
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3v6LlqSOT
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not361Please respect copyright.PENANAbNl8q3P4Ln
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye361Please respect copyright.PENANAzJlnYGQIxv
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took361Please respect copyright.PENANA5WaE77U9Fz
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a361Please respect copyright.PENANAGwNvLqSZOf
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,361Please respect copyright.PENANA7Bvq3HXKBY
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,361Please respect copyright.PENANAw9MDFhrZXO
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being361Please respect copyright.PENANAKPIc7RK9zC
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me361Please respect copyright.PENANAUrK2RUOPEC
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I361Please respect copyright.PENANAJTOqBXRTce
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you361Please respect copyright.PENANAkmQ2phoaJf
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have361Please respect copyright.PENANAXDo2sE9GPn
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained361Please respect copyright.PENANAC4eGo7oFyu
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it361Please respect copyright.PENANAReFll6KYeB
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate361Please respect copyright.PENANA6PNi63VuIY
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to361Please respect copyright.PENANAac2IPlTvNH
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.361Please respect copyright.PENANA7FPYDE4aiB
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting361Please respect copyright.PENANAM9OnNyggV5
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of361Please respect copyright.PENANAntc27CYqj0
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened361Please respect copyright.PENANArGfnQBYBQl
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance361Please respect copyright.PENANAFnaJ9Q5OpN
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk361Please respect copyright.PENANAMuKrZaqeQY
to her that way.
Standing there, her361Please respect copyright.PENANATt0PtaOl8h
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the361Please respect copyright.PENANAKYbcKBct98
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of361Please respect copyright.PENANAdsyxjU5PO5
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –361Please respect copyright.PENANAIV5be7pzs9
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed361Please respect copyright.PENANACfT4xTdNqQ
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANAeb1bk0oqln
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think361Please respect copyright.PENANAnufPN6960Q
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less361Please respect copyright.PENANAlBNlvw9V2N
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a361Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ6UfKxJO6
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands361Please respect copyright.PENANAPrWVbozETt
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that361Please respect copyright.PENANApKV7J3vTec
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me361Please respect copyright.PENANArqA21LEjZP
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,361Please respect copyright.PENANAnyOSreRqHi
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the361Please respect copyright.PENANA8kib3bGfDy
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,361Please respect copyright.PENANAV9Z04NTp1h
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the361Please respect copyright.PENANAkDadaihfo7
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries361Please respect copyright.PENANA9JGjaQoIi4
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day361Please respect copyright.PENANAvQNehY2gFJ
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane361Please respect copyright.PENANALF0ShpjJJD
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,361Please respect copyright.PENANAUA8RPNfI6x
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda361Please respect copyright.PENANAWx6OP8LXND
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her361Please respect copyright.PENANAAp9d2vzlHy
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing361Please respect copyright.PENANA5tS6sncG3K
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and361Please respect copyright.PENANAKwxrTK1ANF
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love361Please respect copyright.PENANAu07vrSvhBr
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,361Please respect copyright.PENANA9cWUvBV1Ae
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as361Please respect copyright.PENANAmgKoqc132S
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she361Please respect copyright.PENANAVIOyRTano4
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four361Please respect copyright.PENANAkarfQa7BiO
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate361Please respect copyright.PENANAZwG8kaBpz1
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your361Please respect copyright.PENANA60Oq9rem7x
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he361Please respect copyright.PENANAGvz4GUaEdc
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,361Please respect copyright.PENANAL3tSFon6Mm
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I361Please respect copyright.PENANAIzAMg9vG6t
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with361Please respect copyright.PENANAkLOkxrkAD2
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods361Please respect copyright.PENANAh8ZmiB873l
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean361Please respect copyright.PENANAYsv13RSdUl
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him361Please respect copyright.PENANAFpQzMib7Yo
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had361Please respect copyright.PENANA46c0QdfJGT
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not361Please respect copyright.PENANAMDycjbkcv7
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,361Please respect copyright.PENANATCN3ChvesP
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re361Please respect copyright.PENANA2YzFljzUpV
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,361Please respect copyright.PENANA3ksMDVxfVd
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just361Please respect copyright.PENANAP3dHxD7H4N
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,361Please respect copyright.PENANAc4mb4oYjTN
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANAzNBKf9rCz1
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning361Please respect copyright.PENANAt4fEl7SWRv
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,361Please respect copyright.PENANAVxQI1uYUix
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no361Please respect copyright.PENANA0OmzE3yqEJ
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting361Please respect copyright.PENANA5cdaiVxzgP
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve361Please respect copyright.PENANAN3y2APZMWx
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years361Please respect copyright.PENANAbOswAuj8xA
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of361Please respect copyright.PENANA7PwIjj6a1q
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,361Please respect copyright.PENANAvdubHszG2G
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we361Please respect copyright.PENANAuOQOEwxM8r
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is361Please respect copyright.PENANArfVkyRWSZI
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green361Please respect copyright.PENANAj5knWnqQvP
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run361Please respect copyright.PENANAwbKrwN15TE
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she361Please respect copyright.PENANAbrKXmITkUJ
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like361Please respect copyright.PENANAs8LbriCa5f
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost361Please respect copyright.PENANAsQR9TPNRWO
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a361Please respect copyright.PENANACxiKCfMtNr
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started361Please respect copyright.PENANAznHiFaOckc
dating,”
“---What is he waiting361Please respect copyright.PENANA1RRzcxGJyS
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got361Please respect copyright.PENANAPhPX8B0n69
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked361Please respect copyright.PENANAGfpEhqGRps
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no361Please respect copyright.PENANAk6kOWmW0Ah
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,361Please respect copyright.PENANA7w9CVFEdxc
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with361Please respect copyright.PENANAe6W6W0ujLD
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.361Please respect copyright.PENANAFK59C7h7Pp
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding361Please respect copyright.PENANAd8JTjv2CIc
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man361Please respect copyright.PENANANrfS9TMDDi
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,361Please respect copyright.PENANARJGAE3xFJz
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the361Please respect copyright.PENANAc80IFcLfA6
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice361Please respect copyright.PENANAYtdelvwsYC
rang out. Aneislis obeyed, continuing his journey inside the house.
Megan unintentionally361Please respect copyright.PENANAqa7E1zJ7C3
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information she had learned.
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why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.