Megan woke up at high noon.283Please respect copyright.PENANAD53J7Nzcew
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She283Please respect copyright.PENANAytNixF89NV
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her283Please respect copyright.PENANAwImZkLHUVc
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it283Please respect copyright.PENANAHHGgdPCyGS
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last283Please respect copyright.PENANAsUix1luOdF
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force283Please respect copyright.PENANAE6GmSgLhTr
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her283Please respect copyright.PENANAoGlWNPFvnH
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy283Please respect copyright.PENANAe9HxieGvGf
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget283Please respect copyright.PENANA0dHvuZ9DdY
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be283Please respect copyright.PENANAXiffZ6gpy5
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out283Please respect copyright.PENANAXZAcPC8KAx
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating283Please respect copyright.PENANA89lTiZFIEB
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried283Please respect copyright.PENANAKCs3OcAcXh
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated283Please respect copyright.PENANAiRrZYHYOTs
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history283Please respect copyright.PENANANzlSgLcv93
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases283Please respect copyright.PENANANXpwei6PbS
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood283Please respect copyright.PENANAgRceSsl2AB
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her283Please respect copyright.PENANAYVWSBiKTmU
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,283Please respect copyright.PENANAuqQPwFq41o
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her283Please respect copyright.PENANAsIuNOhfq4l
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t283Please respect copyright.PENANAFDIouey2A4
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern283Please respect copyright.PENANAJDMnGDc0hm
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty283Please respect copyright.PENANAFhw5kczhcW
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned283Please respect copyright.PENANAj1q9GKzpOv
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she283Please respect copyright.PENANAGSrGxwd217
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of283Please respect copyright.PENANAbH6ZAUUeL4
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her283Please respect copyright.PENANAXtHFNmlYDn
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,283Please respect copyright.PENANAPm3pZTJUCi
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green283Please respect copyright.PENANAU01VOZ1iau
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a283Please respect copyright.PENANAPmffWBOZNO
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture283Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0TtlzcINW
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt283Please respect copyright.PENANAUkbvAK9S2A
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how283Please respect copyright.PENANALZEZH2rNMr
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl283Please respect copyright.PENANAFYfYdBOh6L
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,283Please respect copyright.PENANAxuuuwxdFzk
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,283Please respect copyright.PENANAh5INoE0Yhh
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the283Please respect copyright.PENANAoJJ8LA95Dg
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her283Please respect copyright.PENANAdAry2aZnFk
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I283Please respect copyright.PENANAYydO77ALfG
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,283Please respect copyright.PENANAhsxJmLHhQ1
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the283Please respect copyright.PENANAOM5dlbAyCl
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly283Please respect copyright.PENANAYrEnhvzyyR
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still283Please respect copyright.PENANAjCabtxWoyY
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to283Please respect copyright.PENANAMXqzGCzQkc
apologize….”
The girl stared at her283Please respect copyright.PENANAcE3Xp51ik4
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel283Please respect copyright.PENANAMP293c0DFL
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty283Please respect copyright.PENANAjPtYROaih4
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost283Please respect copyright.PENANAjlh01lncXY
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of283Please respect copyright.PENANAtImYRhz3d1
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!283Please respect copyright.PENANAYeSOD6z28N
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that283Please respect copyright.PENANAveNlB2WzQw
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the283Please respect copyright.PENANAzf596TiSgK
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do283Please respect copyright.PENANA2AGtP8GVnn
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for283Please respect copyright.PENANAY6V8rsRW1Q
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and283Please respect copyright.PENANAaOdqTPCB8I
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away283Please respect copyright.PENANAtd26dMSJcP
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.283Please respect copyright.PENANAThfQJCXu7k
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his283Please respect copyright.PENANAez34qhPdIC
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.283Please respect copyright.PENANAK95rV8aBps
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up283Please respect copyright.PENANAGngHn30hZ5
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s283Please respect copyright.PENANAEQk8z64baA
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you283Please respect copyright.PENANAO5bphFC0P2
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was283Please respect copyright.PENANAm8STToDqj8
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the283Please respect copyright.PENANAw1XEVJjTIS
counter.
“Brisket hash with283Please respect copyright.PENANAvu3Keb676t
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready283Please respect copyright.PENANAPqfoErJhGG
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in283Please respect copyright.PENANA0bvtZ1VZaM
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and283Please respect copyright.PENANATktFWSkqZM
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium283Please respect copyright.PENANACOIQvC4PWg
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a283Please respect copyright.PENANA0RW1iFv8O6
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had283Please respect copyright.PENANA9Y4tS4fa0s
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been283Please respect copyright.PENANAUzFYNNI8q0
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in283Please respect copyright.PENANATV3qJQ6xAT
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat283Please respect copyright.PENANA2kzm5cskSH
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan283Please respect copyright.PENANAa6jf42uquS
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with283Please respect copyright.PENANAYETW8KPQP1
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for283Please respect copyright.PENANAWTRkSp1hGh
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,283Please respect copyright.PENANAYHfElHfiJh
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs283Please respect copyright.PENANAXkBYEQPNmj
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned283Please respect copyright.PENANA6cGM5kPeE6
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to283Please respect copyright.PENANA9wQS8nEhL9
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never283Please respect copyright.PENANA4wY9aLDX4x
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.283Please respect copyright.PENANA3SNn1od04z
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking283Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8Kgxzdv9C
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly283Please respect copyright.PENANAP3hsMuINiD
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow283Please respect copyright.PENANAKpZAeKFimi
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to283Please respect copyright.PENANAvfyLgQ2V8o
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed283Please respect copyright.PENANAK8xEoV9gss
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she283Please respect copyright.PENANAYZWFfhE5go
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite283Please respect copyright.PENANAx8W2Tt5tOH
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking283Please respect copyright.PENANAe7L4JCWPhX
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great283Please respect copyright.PENANAKDSZ1S6TDj
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than283Please respect copyright.PENANAK9rmNUuau2
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.283Please respect copyright.PENANAxWmf5fJCHt
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere283Please respect copyright.PENANA7gWKAbmonf
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical283Please respect copyright.PENANARqDMk1XpUv
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!283Please respect copyright.PENANAVUMBYzehjz
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone283Please respect copyright.PENANAuPJlXgL45o
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping283Please respect copyright.PENANAMB4d7ChIQf
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for283Please respect copyright.PENANAffqsnk6cIz
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in283Please respect copyright.PENANAVnCgRGYfs5
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the283Please respect copyright.PENANAZrR9OMF8NE
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as283Please respect copyright.PENANAwIFfmLBNlN
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An283Please respect copyright.PENANAVSOYXad158
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the283Please respect copyright.PENANAVw775QfXoq
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was283Please respect copyright.PENANALwRfWXht2D
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why283Please respect copyright.PENANAkHoJ7QGokR
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was283Please respect copyright.PENANAnUJhmQ5Evn
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.283Please respect copyright.PENANAPcUfdB3UkG
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing283Please respect copyright.PENANAZjdXabJPjx
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at283Please respect copyright.PENANAwWnGalBD2w
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,283Please respect copyright.PENANA1xuy2hrxOD
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with283Please respect copyright.PENANAQXW8wSMqNl
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.283Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3sF0RrsuH
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve283Please respect copyright.PENANAAVDJNgrqKz
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly283Please respect copyright.PENANAdqccD9y81m
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at283Please respect copyright.PENANA9CwSlD0y95
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and283Please respect copyright.PENANAbWtYQxOUjM
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel283Please respect copyright.PENANAtFFtWSsQnL
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few283Please respect copyright.PENANAoUpuaWem49
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.283Please respect copyright.PENANA2VHA1aVxLn
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the283Please respect copyright.PENANAcwXfJsf4ix
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like283Please respect copyright.PENANA7aiyOagSTU
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids283Please respect copyright.PENANAmnRbtVbI2M
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do283Please respect copyright.PENANAzPeZ4RUMlK
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the283Please respect copyright.PENANAHr8z31jSvH
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the283Please respect copyright.PENANAyIAoGVEVVQ
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t283Please respect copyright.PENANARB1qwRTuqY
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not283Please respect copyright.PENANApHX5mDMZNl
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye283Please respect copyright.PENANAEzk9bkBFF4
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took283Please respect copyright.PENANAFoqOMMmFs9
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a283Please respect copyright.PENANA7nNnNVulLr
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,283Please respect copyright.PENANAktH3XtdzwD
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,283Please respect copyright.PENANAIA6hCj0Mxb
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being283Please respect copyright.PENANAT9mxSvGXXg
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me283Please respect copyright.PENANA5x59mgSHM6
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I283Please respect copyright.PENANAiKvtoLBv6H
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you283Please respect copyright.PENANAY4qvsRyLfl
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have283Please respect copyright.PENANAK4qcNyvyU7
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained283Please respect copyright.PENANAKGu8kHCWFz
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it283Please respect copyright.PENANA18UtrHsKO2
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate283Please respect copyright.PENANAH4Bmj1eLK9
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to283Please respect copyright.PENANAgTVpHo3EbC
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.283Please respect copyright.PENANAcfZCAyuxUY
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting283Please respect copyright.PENANASOO1S00R8z
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of283Please respect copyright.PENANA3mptm9N1PM
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened283Please respect copyright.PENANAAt94MfzEae
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance283Please respect copyright.PENANAKN4yC4vhrz
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk283Please respect copyright.PENANAUSplOG5hbB
to her that way.
Standing there, her283Please respect copyright.PENANADSu1GqgkiF
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the283Please respect copyright.PENANAXyWX5Lcaix
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of283Please respect copyright.PENANACDlPcxrhME
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –283Please respect copyright.PENANAlJwD4PTAuy
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed283Please respect copyright.PENANAYCfLeF5AKj
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t283Please respect copyright.PENANAwogoeLk8eu
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think283Please respect copyright.PENANAm6r03tiXwa
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less283Please respect copyright.PENANA2F6qS2dKJ0
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a283Please respect copyright.PENANA0XQP1jyn9v
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands283Please respect copyright.PENANAZ72dPr8cnQ
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that283Please respect copyright.PENANArsasYx7T7D
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me283Please respect copyright.PENANAmXp7zd1Nt2
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,283Please respect copyright.PENANATLS6F5bxA3
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the283Please respect copyright.PENANAiAxEeTA9SE
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,283Please respect copyright.PENANApwbc87ZbSE
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the283Please respect copyright.PENANAQqWpsa6C5u
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries283Please respect copyright.PENANAMKkQaGxKbu
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day283Please respect copyright.PENANArQt8qgKHZ7
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane283Please respect copyright.PENANAp1nSqy8KZk
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,283Please respect copyright.PENANAYicfeJBshe
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda283Please respect copyright.PENANAIRgnLLCP2W
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her283Please respect copyright.PENANA1QZDW2jn62
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing283Please respect copyright.PENANAtgYPyWijGd
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and283Please respect copyright.PENANAYeAaEfhlDE
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love283Please respect copyright.PENANA1uhCXDzSSZ
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,283Please respect copyright.PENANApnYsFFWSLn
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as283Please respect copyright.PENANArauDtaHGD0
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she283Please respect copyright.PENANAo5OgVRtpC9
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four283Please respect copyright.PENANAFOUZ1Lf91j
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate283Please respect copyright.PENANA5NhqMuLvGA
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your283Please respect copyright.PENANAVFnaKFzIZj
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he283Please respect copyright.PENANAGi4gboD0sB
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,283Please respect copyright.PENANA26o6aONwxd
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I283Please respect copyright.PENANAHqqaYLyXKg
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with283Please respect copyright.PENANALi65aDAWBq
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods283Please respect copyright.PENANAVp0yUOtUZZ
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean283Please respect copyright.PENANA25YfFUzsxN
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him283Please respect copyright.PENANARnQJ4gpjLy
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had283Please respect copyright.PENANAVOjVoJVWf9
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not283Please respect copyright.PENANALlMRd1XFia
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,283Please respect copyright.PENANAwwHUZqJwwS
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re283Please respect copyright.PENANABfYPltVGgR
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,283Please respect copyright.PENANAfiWZC7tlQS
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just283Please respect copyright.PENANAfWGAz7u88C
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,283Please respect copyright.PENANAOUpGrbtau3
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t283Please respect copyright.PENANAN1BpWHb2Wp
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning283Please respect copyright.PENANAf1sBr6TkLW
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,283Please respect copyright.PENANA7zBaU4lJXA
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no283Please respect copyright.PENANANYEMumbfav
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting283Please respect copyright.PENANAVxOcJ41IK1
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve283Please respect copyright.PENANA9H2WDoP8tl
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years283Please respect copyright.PENANAEWydjHoPSi
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of283Please respect copyright.PENANA4J8UnZdOx3
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,283Please respect copyright.PENANAXuV2dgl5xb
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we283Please respect copyright.PENANAnyCWyYL0Rv
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is283Please respect copyright.PENANAjmzeo5rNFk
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green283Please respect copyright.PENANAunWtfUeaG2
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run283Please respect copyright.PENANA4MMbNsV60d
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she283Please respect copyright.PENANAGZsZocAwtC
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like283Please respect copyright.PENANA1xybuPqO5a
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost283Please respect copyright.PENANAfVH1DRjclO
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a283Please respect copyright.PENANAF8CWUbhqyl
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started283Please respect copyright.PENANAdyKdmoEUnm
dating,”
“---What is he waiting283Please respect copyright.PENANA5lSfnseNPi
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got283Please respect copyright.PENANAqMucTNzDGm
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked283Please respect copyright.PENANApANEsBGULR
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no283Please respect copyright.PENANAWpCLJeopiO
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,283Please respect copyright.PENANAvQJH6ydFiR
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with283Please respect copyright.PENANAheTf3SlMvs
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.283Please respect copyright.PENANAfhIzmzTi9n
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding283Please respect copyright.PENANAL3SsbnT6FY
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man283Please respect copyright.PENANAliLZtIFRn3
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,283Please respect copyright.PENANA1L35QqNjtw
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the283Please respect copyright.PENANAglBA9xkXjb
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice283Please respect copyright.PENANA0dDaTjkJgd
rang out. Aneislis obeyed, continuing his journey inside the house.
Megan unintentionally283Please respect copyright.PENANAGGcF8WDyVm
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why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.