Megan woke up at high noon.359Please respect copyright.PENANAP3OFkG8BZ6
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She359Please respect copyright.PENANAjuifMRzE6S
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her359Please respect copyright.PENANANhXv15xA6r
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it359Please respect copyright.PENANAjAhvDBMQg9
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last359Please respect copyright.PENANAfSSAUljl2j
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force359Please respect copyright.PENANAlx3KfgSrJ8
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her359Please respect copyright.PENANAftnGJmbt0c
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy359Please respect copyright.PENANATzYvgrB9gz
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget359Please respect copyright.PENANA6QWhEF8ZFf
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be359Please respect copyright.PENANAckpGyWK3UZ
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out359Please respect copyright.PENANAeZp3pOVBGb
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating359Please respect copyright.PENANAkvDiuKufYX
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried359Please respect copyright.PENANAQghPnGS5xx
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated359Please respect copyright.PENANAr966bQDTjd
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history359Please respect copyright.PENANAS5bS1GRI0u
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases359Please respect copyright.PENANAiFgVb7AEIn
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood359Please respect copyright.PENANA0NW3R1B6Tw
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her359Please respect copyright.PENANAn382CCasCS
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,359Please respect copyright.PENANAYordE9k7r1
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her359Please respect copyright.PENANA6HVj1b6xOS
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t359Please respect copyright.PENANAX9rH4OLbkV
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern359Please respect copyright.PENANA3TtB7AcaxA
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty359Please respect copyright.PENANAgyaX7MG7Tj
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned359Please respect copyright.PENANATtOO1jVqTB
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she359Please respect copyright.PENANAWmlNNa2NdD
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of359Please respect copyright.PENANAWvDAPVedbN
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her359Please respect copyright.PENANADIIVbSIGvJ
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,359Please respect copyright.PENANAAeRsHePzoz
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green359Please respect copyright.PENANAKbJ2XxMHh1
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a359Please respect copyright.PENANAG8ZR4ZDwnS
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture359Please respect copyright.PENANALMz6GMXXm5
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt359Please respect copyright.PENANA7pH2NofaEm
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how359Please respect copyright.PENANASsrIdpBSbU
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl359Please respect copyright.PENANA66BW4cu2gW
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,359Please respect copyright.PENANAXF3vuCBaUR
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,359Please respect copyright.PENANACdLzJavNKT
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the359Please respect copyright.PENANAJFAh4BbplD
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her359Please respect copyright.PENANAG9szPRLyPR
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I359Please respect copyright.PENANAM8lekvfos3
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,359Please respect copyright.PENANA1VuFkZRFg9
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the359Please respect copyright.PENANAdR6HBplqbv
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly359Please respect copyright.PENANAdzVtHaeqUZ
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still359Please respect copyright.PENANARVHjQ03FbD
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to359Please respect copyright.PENANAc4nTxSw818
apologize….”
The girl stared at her359Please respect copyright.PENANALkkquy2mmp
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel359Please respect copyright.PENANAUM7t4MF2eq
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty359Please respect copyright.PENANAWI940szD3D
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost359Please respect copyright.PENANANA6ylpfbtv
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of359Please respect copyright.PENANAPMxUmdDgTD
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!359Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0DJLuINRg
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that359Please respect copyright.PENANAIYsZk8gQhm
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the359Please respect copyright.PENANAYFpgz942i5
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do359Please respect copyright.PENANAa9zXdg3Oq7
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for359Please respect copyright.PENANAytaHcGiCTi
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and359Please respect copyright.PENANA8bSxz4aNGZ
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away359Please respect copyright.PENANAvQWJZoghSx
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.359Please respect copyright.PENANAFpwVFaBA9O
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his359Please respect copyright.PENANALOZ2nWRs9F
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.359Please respect copyright.PENANAaTJbZnUncK
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up359Please respect copyright.PENANAd6MpqTaOfM
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s359Please respect copyright.PENANAmJAuyq4e33
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you359Please respect copyright.PENANAN2MNS1vosf
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was359Please respect copyright.PENANAqbu7VtiSaW
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the359Please respect copyright.PENANACU8c9h6isk
counter.
“Brisket hash with359Please respect copyright.PENANADebmq3rvzj
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready359Please respect copyright.PENANAiUhaERdJTM
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in359Please respect copyright.PENANAi5Iub8NTHZ
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and359Please respect copyright.PENANA4UnR2bAXkr
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium359Please respect copyright.PENANAw1yRQYxtAF
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a359Please respect copyright.PENANA7MXJnYH6N3
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had359Please respect copyright.PENANAfznZHhRkLv
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been359Please respect copyright.PENANAjhcorkWxc8
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in359Please respect copyright.PENANAnTmx8jucAo
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat359Please respect copyright.PENANAEA0kGw3KZX
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan359Please respect copyright.PENANAuaxaJyskKN
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with359Please respect copyright.PENANAdVyGXP18wy
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for359Please respect copyright.PENANAKPgvGCRDe7
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,359Please respect copyright.PENANAigcdHjAzL6
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs359Please respect copyright.PENANAEJh4FpOtjV
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned359Please respect copyright.PENANACbIqlL8faq
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to359Please respect copyright.PENANA3txD5nDRFj
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never359Please respect copyright.PENANAOhpSsHNTD0
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.359Please respect copyright.PENANAvFCU99n3xC
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking359Please respect copyright.PENANAyqq5sIiAGo
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly359Please respect copyright.PENANAEtdfl2tFtU
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow359Please respect copyright.PENANAdEeX1pbiWu
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to359Please respect copyright.PENANAw0VBYcSMBl
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed359Please respect copyright.PENANA5dnsOTjG5X
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she359Please respect copyright.PENANAK8Q2dCBWxA
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite359Please respect copyright.PENANA7qqexIIy3F
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking359Please respect copyright.PENANA8TXbdARFfD
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great359Please respect copyright.PENANAIyCN88h8SL
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than359Please respect copyright.PENANAjI5PACnzGV
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.359Please respect copyright.PENANAeCARPboWh0
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere359Please respect copyright.PENANABC8lX5pQhu
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical359Please respect copyright.PENANADQ4PGUuVrq
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!359Please respect copyright.PENANAbGeCZ7TjRd
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone359Please respect copyright.PENANAWfQcPKqzs3
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping359Please respect copyright.PENANAktvkabgr9l
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for359Please respect copyright.PENANAJKdO4LYTNb
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in359Please respect copyright.PENANASbdjvheiat
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the359Please respect copyright.PENANAoU60AI6EsI
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as359Please respect copyright.PENANAT6gkN9Dg0l
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An359Please respect copyright.PENANAIGOOesaWHH
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the359Please respect copyright.PENANA2KOZIoamUu
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was359Please respect copyright.PENANAnfn6311017
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why359Please respect copyright.PENANAGMyF0ywxxi
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was359Please respect copyright.PENANAryWpIBHr7O
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.359Please respect copyright.PENANAaPKR25JzlD
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing359Please respect copyright.PENANAXjS6hFkVu1
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at359Please respect copyright.PENANAcH4eSqqhHp
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,359Please respect copyright.PENANAuATvh42kFV
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with359Please respect copyright.PENANAVm3CGR3XSn
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.359Please respect copyright.PENANAr8SJD4yOOQ
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve359Please respect copyright.PENANAo2jaCb6Vxz
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly359Please respect copyright.PENANAljz17KTdcT
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at359Please respect copyright.PENANA90nB6rwO5B
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and359Please respect copyright.PENANAFTxJ2CVlZE
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel359Please respect copyright.PENANAJy16mMotXa
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few359Please respect copyright.PENANAVsU2yupEmr
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.359Please respect copyright.PENANAsHnEBZvEX9
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the359Please respect copyright.PENANAte2bEtCTYZ
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like359Please respect copyright.PENANAmbFRDZZQBS
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids359Please respect copyright.PENANA1UIOOj5yN5
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do359Please respect copyright.PENANAX1JiwzqVbB
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the359Please respect copyright.PENANAqV48NREJY0
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the359Please respect copyright.PENANAw258OTz3YA
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t359Please respect copyright.PENANAB9rTAKYrJh
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not359Please respect copyright.PENANAiX7T6EKqWV
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye359Please respect copyright.PENANAlfjKeKWzeh
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took359Please respect copyright.PENANAXjbOQdSp0E
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a359Please respect copyright.PENANAqnhZhSdqld
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,359Please respect copyright.PENANAWWQgyzaen3
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,359Please respect copyright.PENANA8xFx8i1Glc
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being359Please respect copyright.PENANAcetMQZuCxZ
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me359Please respect copyright.PENANAbbT4U37iVT
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I359Please respect copyright.PENANALaicAPZWsm
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you359Please respect copyright.PENANAmTJ142XkMT
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have359Please respect copyright.PENANAriVnHtXSuf
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained359Please respect copyright.PENANAJUtrZDhDtw
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it359Please respect copyright.PENANAxj5t0xxJRU
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate359Please respect copyright.PENANAFlcWaPOwm8
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to359Please respect copyright.PENANAzlxHVYNOPh
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.359Please respect copyright.PENANAubFF0ehUsn
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting359Please respect copyright.PENANAefJjrepvpF
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of359Please respect copyright.PENANAiiziWa6X93
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened359Please respect copyright.PENANA5DNaJHASVU
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance359Please respect copyright.PENANAeskJQ4vtK8
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk359Please respect copyright.PENANAzAtPa8OcmQ
to her that way.
Standing there, her359Please respect copyright.PENANALRQWHvWQ0k
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the359Please respect copyright.PENANAax73FRfmY8
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of359Please respect copyright.PENANAZfCH1kYjyx
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –359Please respect copyright.PENANAlCDSdtHjFG
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed359Please respect copyright.PENANA5lW0nV9p7V
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t359Please respect copyright.PENANAXt2i7wgSyu
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think359Please respect copyright.PENANAn0onmOk1GK
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less359Please respect copyright.PENANAXCqD1fAdOO
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a359Please respect copyright.PENANAuoC9xCVCH6
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands359Please respect copyright.PENANACxD8LelaSq
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that359Please respect copyright.PENANAtjVO3a4mwr
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me359Please respect copyright.PENANAkPUuO2M3ce
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,359Please respect copyright.PENANAksORYZZsKZ
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the359Please respect copyright.PENANACtRXsjB47O
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,359Please respect copyright.PENANA6CauVE3OgX
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the359Please respect copyright.PENANAA26G1jHluo
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries359Please respect copyright.PENANA7ollJ1ZnEp
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day359Please respect copyright.PENANApyTgaWPxqh
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane359Please respect copyright.PENANAIDGRHCI07q
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,359Please respect copyright.PENANA1BaJOtWX5F
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda359Please respect copyright.PENANA7O2aJ523Ov
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her359Please respect copyright.PENANA4oDeLqB4xh
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing359Please respect copyright.PENANAa6vsjBhMqj
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and359Please respect copyright.PENANAhEhjQpegGK
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love359Please respect copyright.PENANAu9WFowj5oS
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,359Please respect copyright.PENANAE8AYGMWJTY
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as359Please respect copyright.PENANAAs6l6CGO4I
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she359Please respect copyright.PENANA1fVrSFZugT
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four359Please respect copyright.PENANAnpgLqdOgIu
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate359Please respect copyright.PENANA5ikp1KhUWF
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your359Please respect copyright.PENANAmWE89fZ114
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he359Please respect copyright.PENANApa20A9DVgD
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,359Please respect copyright.PENANAbKyPVQLVxD
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I359Please respect copyright.PENANAo9aZltmFKv
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with359Please respect copyright.PENANAj3EZjGcvee
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods359Please respect copyright.PENANA3IlmceP8Uf
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean359Please respect copyright.PENANArG5LYEbz5g
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him359Please respect copyright.PENANAqdBPQc7TVv
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had359Please respect copyright.PENANAlupEpG5G6P
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not359Please respect copyright.PENANAoXQPoAmEPm
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,359Please respect copyright.PENANAvsiCHCKJ11
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re359Please respect copyright.PENANApRxxrChiYw
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,359Please respect copyright.PENANA3E9IyoOj8w
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just359Please respect copyright.PENANAOXre2ZH7Vz
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,359Please respect copyright.PENANAq1iAh9uSBz
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t359Please respect copyright.PENANAsrHOeHIfFb
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning359Please respect copyright.PENANAPLbsl3DvzC
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,359Please respect copyright.PENANA2XuXquHeVi
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no359Please respect copyright.PENANAOIGOeHX5bI
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting359Please respect copyright.PENANAOtZeffSXV2
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve359Please respect copyright.PENANA21iFkPAva7
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years359Please respect copyright.PENANAVLRYN5UShN
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of359Please respect copyright.PENANAFldXyiAZcE
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,359Please respect copyright.PENANAQcWQw5YpKr
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we359Please respect copyright.PENANAg77QgYP2yd
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is359Please respect copyright.PENANAAOQUn9rFqK
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green359Please respect copyright.PENANABmuMr72OlP
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run359Please respect copyright.PENANAa1h6v27rct
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she359Please respect copyright.PENANAUD1H8TrGC1
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like359Please respect copyright.PENANA5xLIpHCd2z
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost359Please respect copyright.PENANAdcMCej6hQO
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a359Please respect copyright.PENANA2GPUlp7xc1
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started359Please respect copyright.PENANA0wXvksmJwJ
dating,”
“---What is he waiting359Please respect copyright.PENANAiY8tPJSAyk
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got359Please respect copyright.PENANAfQVRUxp5Ms
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked359Please respect copyright.PENANAtWXjleIIrW
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no359Please respect copyright.PENANAeZByg0xJgi
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,359Please respect copyright.PENANAb5kiIuyWY0
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with359Please respect copyright.PENANAQ79vevCHJ0
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.359Please respect copyright.PENANAl0vLOS4ing
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding359Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZpFCvbr9D
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man359Please respect copyright.PENANAJDW8wVSpqJ
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,359Please respect copyright.PENANA7kT9NZXoQI
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the359Please respect copyright.PENANAxkPmpSBjDl
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice359Please respect copyright.PENANAgoBbNO5BQV
rang out. Aneislis obeyed, continuing his journey inside the house.
Megan unintentionally359Please respect copyright.PENANAAt8qaEx80R
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why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.