Megan woke up at high noon.131Please respect copyright.PENANALiw5gxLrvd
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She131Please respect copyright.PENANA5LBNaAIBpI
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her131Please respect copyright.PENANAolVys2gJbU
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it131Please respect copyright.PENANAvVqqvGRMK6
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last131Please respect copyright.PENANAR2drIhVsZx
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force131Please respect copyright.PENANAjDJHvQ1XGl
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her131Please respect copyright.PENANALH1eLZhP4O
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy131Please respect copyright.PENANAntJpBdoBsa
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget131Please respect copyright.PENANA1EY6xfyFwZ
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be131Please respect copyright.PENANA5CPkmaVZT0
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out131Please respect copyright.PENANAc5FHmx6evm
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating131Please respect copyright.PENANAlgiR7v2O0f
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried131Please respect copyright.PENANAVKudStbmyz
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated131Please respect copyright.PENANAxMK5zrbE8p
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history131Please respect copyright.PENANAkJuYAWJiqI
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases131Please respect copyright.PENANAL0TMlotNFU
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood131Please respect copyright.PENANAy5fyFz7vNQ
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her131Please respect copyright.PENANAzbgfgJ0fnA
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,131Please respect copyright.PENANAzuET4LewKJ
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her131Please respect copyright.PENANAWW5IsaYeib
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t131Please respect copyright.PENANAfImniHfP2k
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern131Please respect copyright.PENANAnVqYsgrH9d
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty131Please respect copyright.PENANAbg9byD6Xcs
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned131Please respect copyright.PENANAnCRSk1jj31
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she131Please respect copyright.PENANAWdYS1JHaC0
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of131Please respect copyright.PENANA0RevcNhOZz
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her131Please respect copyright.PENANA0e0SIbExhd
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,131Please respect copyright.PENANAgQdbDoy4DS
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green131Please respect copyright.PENANAmwen9VHaG2
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a131Please respect copyright.PENANAvUJNhKnZyz
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture131Please respect copyright.PENANAeCXESCk4MD
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt131Please respect copyright.PENANAXQSyj8w3qz
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how131Please respect copyright.PENANArxFa1HY827
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl131Please respect copyright.PENANAI3giOQDnkB
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,131Please respect copyright.PENANAhY7Em2OX0B
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,131Please respect copyright.PENANAXFTr45sXD2
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the131Please respect copyright.PENANAIoIs1iMefi
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her131Please respect copyright.PENANAcbyPpG6KL2
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I131Please respect copyright.PENANA1eRcHON1zw
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,131Please respect copyright.PENANAsng8piOgnS
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the131Please respect copyright.PENANAlW2C7lZdIS
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly131Please respect copyright.PENANABXgWp9UiQ4
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still131Please respect copyright.PENANAcgSOU740Wr
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to131Please respect copyright.PENANAPpx8xqcbp8
apologize….”
The girl stared at her131Please respect copyright.PENANAvyfLyqAe2U
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel131Please respect copyright.PENANAGK7XaTskMO
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty131Please respect copyright.PENANA1fcxy7TesB
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost131Please respect copyright.PENANA2QlLGDLWJp
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of131Please respect copyright.PENANAYgFjl7UjfK
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!131Please respect copyright.PENANAjIcJS5fCzt
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that131Please respect copyright.PENANAuXc9MM2il9
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the131Please respect copyright.PENANAvFgpJ7q9yA
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do131Please respect copyright.PENANAEhy7cL7LHk
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for131Please respect copyright.PENANAKilXQEzgOf
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and131Please respect copyright.PENANA7LRzlAX1Xy
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away131Please respect copyright.PENANA2zjHzyzKnW
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.131Please respect copyright.PENANAnq6mh7esHu
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his131Please respect copyright.PENANAh6iw43sRve
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.131Please respect copyright.PENANArPhnRX9QGX
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up131Please respect copyright.PENANAaDmA6wrp60
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s131Please respect copyright.PENANAlMPBI7ci5d
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you131Please respect copyright.PENANAxMD0HCMxQz
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was131Please respect copyright.PENANALNF2jS6luA
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the131Please respect copyright.PENANAnSlsnekFGN
counter.
“Brisket hash with131Please respect copyright.PENANAIPFs8FYbsd
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready131Please respect copyright.PENANAeKD6dWk3Gg
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in131Please respect copyright.PENANAq7SeXXC5QS
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and131Please respect copyright.PENANAMRUe8ldCpI
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium131Please respect copyright.PENANAmyLCxhviHB
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a131Please respect copyright.PENANAespH3pKZOT
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had131Please respect copyright.PENANAE6uhe5TzuL
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been131Please respect copyright.PENANAlFkO9JA28V
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in131Please respect copyright.PENANABkkztfmuOC
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat131Please respect copyright.PENANACF1rKQb6uX
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan131Please respect copyright.PENANA4ajnU6c3Ab
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with131Please respect copyright.PENANATrcYYQHLFH
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for131Please respect copyright.PENANAyW3X7yKWzH
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,131Please respect copyright.PENANAnvb4q5kosm
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs131Please respect copyright.PENANA9r1QsReVfD
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned131Please respect copyright.PENANAlTpJqKor2m
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to131Please respect copyright.PENANA7WqzpTzWLR
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never131Please respect copyright.PENANAXYPIOPf7gG
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.131Please respect copyright.PENANAgTNn2HoS4k
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking131Please respect copyright.PENANAJdD8wKkqX3
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly131Please respect copyright.PENANAwTxW7dzNAe
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow131Please respect copyright.PENANAgxL5rphy91
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to131Please respect copyright.PENANA8uSqKA8DMt
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed131Please respect copyright.PENANAbj8O06eqQk
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she131Please respect copyright.PENANAKglpjUosUn
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite131Please respect copyright.PENANAq2w4nIGJqG
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking131Please respect copyright.PENANA4S6rgUPYoU
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great131Please respect copyright.PENANAnkAt600Rmm
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than131Please respect copyright.PENANAVljQxn8sNP
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.131Please respect copyright.PENANAqWXbCzOYMr
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere131Please respect copyright.PENANAoiL47vW0cw
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical131Please respect copyright.PENANAtO5TDTA2Vo
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!131Please respect copyright.PENANAElV3rUQjNT
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone131Please respect copyright.PENANA6JwN2VB8tv
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping131Please respect copyright.PENANADXRqDAsDnX
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for131Please respect copyright.PENANASQItVz7nGd
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in131Please respect copyright.PENANAkyRHzhT5ni
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the131Please respect copyright.PENANANxC9COlpLE
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as131Please respect copyright.PENANAraqN0QQKFa
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An131Please respect copyright.PENANArwk9GtQ1G7
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the131Please respect copyright.PENANAMJMTvBkkt1
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was131Please respect copyright.PENANAIQXuguWfnB
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why131Please respect copyright.PENANA5RrqNAI72Q
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was131Please respect copyright.PENANAN7zSbaDl1S
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.131Please respect copyright.PENANAUN0JfgirWr
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing131Please respect copyright.PENANAgRVPSFo7m9
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at131Please respect copyright.PENANAQos8gPLok9
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,131Please respect copyright.PENANAGZ9WWzFyFN
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with131Please respect copyright.PENANA21bnWfHQfG
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.131Please respect copyright.PENANAbxo2yCrz4B
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve131Please respect copyright.PENANAblrwbYWspf
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly131Please respect copyright.PENANAcI30a8DJQz
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at131Please respect copyright.PENANAHE3rc0OEUH
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and131Please respect copyright.PENANA3G5d2KRpzY
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel131Please respect copyright.PENANAHE67Ssrm6r
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few131Please respect copyright.PENANA9gT3qcLe24
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.131Please respect copyright.PENANAPYbc3TawkL
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the131Please respect copyright.PENANAZnys2Dri9U
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like131Please respect copyright.PENANAYJKigJWECK
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids131Please respect copyright.PENANAoKmtLEWZGo
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do131Please respect copyright.PENANAl23U9Ws8fg
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the131Please respect copyright.PENANAim66G8IvSs
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the131Please respect copyright.PENANAaTgQHW5Mtq
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t131Please respect copyright.PENANAZ553qEGOwF
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not131Please respect copyright.PENANAbeaqJhOalh
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye131Please respect copyright.PENANAMWrB4Sz0ca
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took131Please respect copyright.PENANAKbV15HO920
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a131Please respect copyright.PENANAIAHxEVObID
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,131Please respect copyright.PENANAdsoM38OUD2
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,131Please respect copyright.PENANASDRIeiPUQo
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being131Please respect copyright.PENANAxN9lujHsgT
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me131Please respect copyright.PENANAM6hLo7LAye
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I131Please respect copyright.PENANANKU0EgI5Nk
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you131Please respect copyright.PENANAXDlJ70OLNr
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have131Please respect copyright.PENANAPR7gpmIWvr
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained131Please respect copyright.PENANAYZpOpCJnpe
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it131Please respect copyright.PENANAGpTF5sTezv
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate131Please respect copyright.PENANA6gzmz8WK0F
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to131Please respect copyright.PENANAW2GuIq66hk
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.131Please respect copyright.PENANAczK09cLwAk
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting131Please respect copyright.PENANAkUhVJ0zhE2
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of131Please respect copyright.PENANA6bZhFHQCYg
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened131Please respect copyright.PENANA4Gvb0Y0jrQ
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance131Please respect copyright.PENANAxZDxc8pCxA
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk131Please respect copyright.PENANAc8sr042oxP
to her that way.
Standing there, her131Please respect copyright.PENANAkaDxvcu8S2
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the131Please respect copyright.PENANAPK6i1QeLwE
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of131Please respect copyright.PENANAPN1vxExnY8
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –131Please respect copyright.PENANAbtdDZzzY3p
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed131Please respect copyright.PENANA5GXtGrIsl4
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t131Please respect copyright.PENANAA1XurMbM35
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think131Please respect copyright.PENANAppTCo5S3kA
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less131Please respect copyright.PENANAa5TNbMICDh
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a131Please respect copyright.PENANA0dPitaFBUV
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands131Please respect copyright.PENANAYZ1FQQD8fE
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that131Please respect copyright.PENANAZqfyT9nj97
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me131Please respect copyright.PENANA0YTjhD9i2O
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,131Please respect copyright.PENANAH4R9DJ5NkA
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the131Please respect copyright.PENANAvw0eVOCaF0
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,131Please respect copyright.PENANApFggIO4LKp
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the131Please respect copyright.PENANAKVeYgUgihJ
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries131Please respect copyright.PENANAVMq6KIolZE
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day131Please respect copyright.PENANA6RHKHrz49Y
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane131Please respect copyright.PENANAfInwtMJhXd
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,131Please respect copyright.PENANApK8Ldr715V
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda131Please respect copyright.PENANA3OD3KxeJTr
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her131Please respect copyright.PENANAQt3NzazMhO
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing131Please respect copyright.PENANAgzOPrQdTXp
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and131Please respect copyright.PENANAy0Uvi11l3n
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love131Please respect copyright.PENANACuBDlzIblN
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,131Please respect copyright.PENANALsCmKuI7oz
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as131Please respect copyright.PENANAjLcDXMPIzu
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she131Please respect copyright.PENANAheK24FOjJO
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four131Please respect copyright.PENANAio9Lz2dts2
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate131Please respect copyright.PENANALqsElGjWge
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your131Please respect copyright.PENANAZns8GHr0NJ
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he131Please respect copyright.PENANAVuLX4tkkzV
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,131Please respect copyright.PENANAbR306UZVLu
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I131Please respect copyright.PENANA2eSJ960odh
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with131Please respect copyright.PENANAahlw64U74w
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods131Please respect copyright.PENANA7rBmn7WnWr
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean131Please respect copyright.PENANA84ueTeJKYn
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him131Please respect copyright.PENANAqsYnCEYaqN
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had131Please respect copyright.PENANARARAr3hn08
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not131Please respect copyright.PENANAP4bcBxJpy5
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,131Please respect copyright.PENANANJjXDD9GKo
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re131Please respect copyright.PENANAXUTyQTOcwO
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,131Please respect copyright.PENANAjXKUrypugc
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just131Please respect copyright.PENANAIui6X6D3lV
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,131Please respect copyright.PENANAa5Dpmcr8CD
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t131Please respect copyright.PENANAAbutcwFExR
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning131Please respect copyright.PENANA5dP2c0nlTU
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,131Please respect copyright.PENANAoLHIgEvNKY
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no131Please respect copyright.PENANAeRBdNRNU95
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting131Please respect copyright.PENANASOEgUzoB5C
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve131Please respect copyright.PENANA8BRiflnU24
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years131Please respect copyright.PENANA3UD7qskdhg
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of131Please respect copyright.PENANAcqhPCFpFgf
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,131Please respect copyright.PENANAvgyoog1T2P
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we131Please respect copyright.PENANAl0Vu3TxxVg
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is131Please respect copyright.PENANAEeij7TPnzF
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green131Please respect copyright.PENANALejViDSWgU
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run131Please respect copyright.PENANAb0fjLPGwWG
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she131Please respect copyright.PENANA9v3aZSZd0r
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like131Please respect copyright.PENANA2ehvf2npwi
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost131Please respect copyright.PENANAthS6YHQvhS
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a131Please respect copyright.PENANA7C4vREY0wD
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started131Please respect copyright.PENANAzyswOS24CF
dating,”
“---What is he waiting131Please respect copyright.PENANAVPagP2nuqt
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got131Please respect copyright.PENANAZAkAtSKhEj
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked131Please respect copyright.PENANAjf80wBCYUF
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no131Please respect copyright.PENANAxUq4C1rzDK
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,131Please respect copyright.PENANAAy6giMZ2SY
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with131Please respect copyright.PENANAMVjXvX6mP4
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.131Please respect copyright.PENANAODQ4BC9rE4
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding131Please respect copyright.PENANAqfGx72fuqt
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man131Please respect copyright.PENANAJuIcsEQvp0
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,131Please respect copyright.PENANAqD5lVvPmaX
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the131Please respect copyright.PENANAGivXrjj8d0
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice131Please respect copyright.PENANATMBrfiUksO
rang out. Aneislis obeyed, continuing his journey inside the house.
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information she had learned.
So, he had a daughter. Wonder131Please respect copyright.PENANAvhNjnSkMhG
why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.