Megan woke up at high noon.135Please respect copyright.PENANARIKFOKdtGE
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She135Please respect copyright.PENANAiAzDg4s64k
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her135Please respect copyright.PENANAWkVEFlebQT
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it135Please respect copyright.PENANAapG7udvqy5
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last135Please respect copyright.PENANA7WhWlhkXQZ
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force135Please respect copyright.PENANA1YKX19I74a
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her135Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7SLJmGuQS
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy135Please respect copyright.PENANAmkcx4v6BF4
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget135Please respect copyright.PENANAQ66r5GOu4V
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be135Please respect copyright.PENANAXhlYPKkTkt
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out135Please respect copyright.PENANAQB12mnYVxM
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating135Please respect copyright.PENANAauJsk9sjUd
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried135Please respect copyright.PENANAKteW3Y9pF7
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated135Please respect copyright.PENANA40LuO7WY3A
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history135Please respect copyright.PENANAr5BYPEV7Im
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases135Please respect copyright.PENANAd32qMEt9RJ
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood135Please respect copyright.PENANAj6mbQbz1W3
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her135Please respect copyright.PENANADIrhQxKMxi
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,135Please respect copyright.PENANAooYlStKjca
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her135Please respect copyright.PENANARzheRNMZw5
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t135Please respect copyright.PENANAIudHQJ1nwV
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern135Please respect copyright.PENANAUSEX2yyDek
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty135Please respect copyright.PENANA6PCeK1bP61
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned135Please respect copyright.PENANALRRyhTdDCo
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she135Please respect copyright.PENANARoO439zqoq
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of135Please respect copyright.PENANA1CqYxrP3Dz
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her135Please respect copyright.PENANAeZdR07IEJH
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,135Please respect copyright.PENANA7wo7Tg0oe6
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green135Please respect copyright.PENANAlRS3D47gLQ
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a135Please respect copyright.PENANATqTCaHwWHB
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture135Please respect copyright.PENANASR0cuUtazm
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt135Please respect copyright.PENANAlWeljFnI91
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how135Please respect copyright.PENANAQeos7SMtyY
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl135Please respect copyright.PENANAKQQ2gBudHL
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,135Please respect copyright.PENANAaAhWR9OGKP
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,135Please respect copyright.PENANAATU3kFYOeX
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the135Please respect copyright.PENANAt7LdBFuLLa
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her135Please respect copyright.PENANAvzgUEx6wgc
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I135Please respect copyright.PENANA0b4z8ggms1
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,135Please respect copyright.PENANAkfeEklg5bc
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the135Please respect copyright.PENANAUYUVKSAn7s
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly135Please respect copyright.PENANAsYSaQPBrWL
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still135Please respect copyright.PENANABLYfEk480q
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to135Please respect copyright.PENANA9AQ2PbDB4e
apologize….”
The girl stared at her135Please respect copyright.PENANAvjAPsCJsrh
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel135Please respect copyright.PENANAmk01EwmNTw
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty135Please respect copyright.PENANAeEUkfM5z3K
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost135Please respect copyright.PENANASjNgHdv02i
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of135Please respect copyright.PENANAHT3wU4y6Ol
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!135Please respect copyright.PENANAHXrlORTC72
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that135Please respect copyright.PENANA4IZwIczJh7
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the135Please respect copyright.PENANAl7wwaboFqR
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do135Please respect copyright.PENANAN6uD1tvNxJ
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for135Please respect copyright.PENANAXVxHDSraYe
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and135Please respect copyright.PENANAst89f4X1ZV
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away135Please respect copyright.PENANArE8XvppeiU
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.135Please respect copyright.PENANAPSZ9EdVZZK
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his135Please respect copyright.PENANAGF26zMrjtJ
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.135Please respect copyright.PENANAoBdIDilMfZ
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up135Please respect copyright.PENANAUKFwraZjy4
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s135Please respect copyright.PENANA8JoS3NXyPo
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you135Please respect copyright.PENANAhxu8T4Qe4Z
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was135Please respect copyright.PENANAc4sTFyEPPU
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the135Please respect copyright.PENANA7WKCRXSHPl
counter.
“Brisket hash with135Please respect copyright.PENANAGJF4pMKK1U
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready135Please respect copyright.PENANAtJxDXhLLUq
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in135Please respect copyright.PENANABqLJW0f4yl
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and135Please respect copyright.PENANAf80uTPMz0U
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium135Please respect copyright.PENANAcY9NwSCOXd
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a135Please respect copyright.PENANAp4wGAERuCX
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had135Please respect copyright.PENANAbpvZhqIdcz
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been135Please respect copyright.PENANA2MKodD3wo9
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in135Please respect copyright.PENANAYnQNMpmF7S
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat135Please respect copyright.PENANA5vnG9G05de
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan135Please respect copyright.PENANAswwEvHIzdm
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with135Please respect copyright.PENANA9Re3ZCv3Ei
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for135Please respect copyright.PENANAQGzlTVCbvP
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,135Please respect copyright.PENANAdsCKYH57AL
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs135Please respect copyright.PENANA2QB3vDZonL
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned135Please respect copyright.PENANAXLWB1polZa
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to135Please respect copyright.PENANAR2rk7Jtx11
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never135Please respect copyright.PENANA0EZHqhk6UF
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.135Please respect copyright.PENANAQEg4kStbCr
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking135Please respect copyright.PENANATAyJNEPvsK
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly135Please respect copyright.PENANAiD8XLXASHQ
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow135Please respect copyright.PENANAQGytKd97pU
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to135Please respect copyright.PENANAuizjAqej7J
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed135Please respect copyright.PENANAdAyR6BDXXn
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she135Please respect copyright.PENANAWVQAWDLmRs
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite135Please respect copyright.PENANAlCi37xglxb
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking135Please respect copyright.PENANAI0YCUVQZC6
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great135Please respect copyright.PENANAMqtJwTl6v8
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than135Please respect copyright.PENANAZPillSKhG8
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.135Please respect copyright.PENANA4stoN2YAfR
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere135Please respect copyright.PENANAbVhtTKdbQI
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical135Please respect copyright.PENANAB2P8NwfbLU
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!135Please respect copyright.PENANAHyaw9i9Dnw
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone135Please respect copyright.PENANAM38UV4nMOO
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping135Please respect copyright.PENANAgHHITSD87M
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for135Please respect copyright.PENANANCOo1s75VE
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in135Please respect copyright.PENANAe0tRv4ap0Y
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the135Please respect copyright.PENANANgblPWQUt4
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as135Please respect copyright.PENANA8lupuQV2oc
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An135Please respect copyright.PENANA5hH3Cw772Q
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the135Please respect copyright.PENANA2SUaCRwoxD
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was135Please respect copyright.PENANAqGm2VKPuHF
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why135Please respect copyright.PENANAjdwG2Cwcma
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was135Please respect copyright.PENANAJkbKh9iQf8
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.135Please respect copyright.PENANAMdKv3Upzw3
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing135Please respect copyright.PENANA8blj0BvTtf
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at135Please respect copyright.PENANAi0P9zFEOsq
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,135Please respect copyright.PENANATtmlSIlxUd
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with135Please respect copyright.PENANAPtsmU1Utni
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.135Please respect copyright.PENANAwQukZqWIAY
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve135Please respect copyright.PENANAsg4dvTfZOT
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly135Please respect copyright.PENANAz6I8Bu3qeB
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at135Please respect copyright.PENANAvq5eF89Ajg
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and135Please respect copyright.PENANAivtNZsApHV
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel135Please respect copyright.PENANAKurSYFdD1p
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few135Please respect copyright.PENANAcBaGUhqOQ5
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.135Please respect copyright.PENANAd9fm1YEfyq
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the135Please respect copyright.PENANApFkrvDiE1x
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like135Please respect copyright.PENANAsVJ8Il5PPd
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids135Please respect copyright.PENANA8MbwvMnM8B
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do135Please respect copyright.PENANAZeuAfQRQzd
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the135Please respect copyright.PENANACQiVaYfHJY
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the135Please respect copyright.PENANA2fctDas4Lm
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t135Please respect copyright.PENANAGcGmk2yYPX
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not135Please respect copyright.PENANApGnTBUjLA3
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye135Please respect copyright.PENANAvOPomh6xye
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took135Please respect copyright.PENANAKIc5pZnPBR
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a135Please respect copyright.PENANAz7MKCMwNyJ
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,135Please respect copyright.PENANAygletVjD8F
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,135Please respect copyright.PENANASxjcSQnyIO
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being135Please respect copyright.PENANA27kFj3S5UV
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me135Please respect copyright.PENANAM2f2ApZJHN
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I135Please respect copyright.PENANA3W2zA24R2A
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you135Please respect copyright.PENANApRQ9RVOcO7
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have135Please respect copyright.PENANAdQ6TJHzaSA
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained135Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ9xDZW0Ok
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it135Please respect copyright.PENANA7nYRBQ7zmO
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate135Please respect copyright.PENANAWxmFTdlIlI
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to135Please respect copyright.PENANAukcoWxcMy7
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.135Please respect copyright.PENANAkgoVfMCyhf
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting135Please respect copyright.PENANAHLsS5DkDtF
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of135Please respect copyright.PENANAEVnjf84BTY
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened135Please respect copyright.PENANA9pVM2pTR6V
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance135Please respect copyright.PENANA2WSuMea5eZ
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk135Please respect copyright.PENANAXQRWvTlMpJ
to her that way.
Standing there, her135Please respect copyright.PENANA2qAX8EK2v3
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the135Please respect copyright.PENANAER9gsiPXNr
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of135Please respect copyright.PENANA273VOI7zAE
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –135Please respect copyright.PENANALYMpronpZ4
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed135Please respect copyright.PENANAWspt983onH
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t135Please respect copyright.PENANAYHYQUGCovG
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think135Please respect copyright.PENANA41FCCWc3f5
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less135Please respect copyright.PENANAiOpXgEbqwL
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a135Please respect copyright.PENANA3M00IfaUhc
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands135Please respect copyright.PENANATUe9vaYEJn
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that135Please respect copyright.PENANA1tTHbKeIrJ
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me135Please respect copyright.PENANAYjALRsiHIU
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,135Please respect copyright.PENANAulbLGSppk4
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the135Please respect copyright.PENANAe1jHzvWYeP
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,135Please respect copyright.PENANAzwHzKm2iem
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the135Please respect copyright.PENANAJzeRj3yg2a
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries135Please respect copyright.PENANAYqB65f2mxz
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day135Please respect copyright.PENANAIJ2MIk5wOL
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane135Please respect copyright.PENANAv2mNZpTg65
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,135Please respect copyright.PENANAVfXWoUQVcW
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda135Please respect copyright.PENANAuyPg2IZ5xo
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her135Please respect copyright.PENANAT0eY9yhNKR
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing135Please respect copyright.PENANAbN1czS5Yhp
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and135Please respect copyright.PENANASl8pyyVk4y
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love135Please respect copyright.PENANAKpr8QcDlMG
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,135Please respect copyright.PENANAGNnfTsYCuZ
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as135Please respect copyright.PENANAHF9sstuiDb
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she135Please respect copyright.PENANARI184CpKCI
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four135Please respect copyright.PENANASngVLLA9Ge
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate135Please respect copyright.PENANAIpZGNtIvGt
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your135Please respect copyright.PENANAmEaEwJGJtL
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he135Please respect copyright.PENANASQT9P38ujd
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,135Please respect copyright.PENANAZTmo7oeaWK
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I135Please respect copyright.PENANAQA0YXqNDgl
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with135Please respect copyright.PENANAsBasJhYF8b
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods135Please respect copyright.PENANA39MzjbImiY
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean135Please respect copyright.PENANAAld8vTXOzt
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him135Please respect copyright.PENANAT9kWTXYCEx
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had135Please respect copyright.PENANA3ELoOQQ3Ik
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not135Please respect copyright.PENANA3JoW2GMz2x
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,135Please respect copyright.PENANAkYScZ7piL3
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re135Please respect copyright.PENANAZQPSe31cMR
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,135Please respect copyright.PENANA1V7dXazQ7F
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just135Please respect copyright.PENANA00OHwrcEDs
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,135Please respect copyright.PENANANTavYqcrun
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t135Please respect copyright.PENANAX48s9Xm9IS
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning135Please respect copyright.PENANAeswblsTi6b
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,135Please respect copyright.PENANANogx0JmxLn
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no135Please respect copyright.PENANAnRrWFitwM6
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting135Please respect copyright.PENANAuskk6CNA6U
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve135Please respect copyright.PENANAsgH05dlqFx
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years135Please respect copyright.PENANAOGOOGurDwQ
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of135Please respect copyright.PENANA9Lj8PaD5dd
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,135Please respect copyright.PENANA7c7jiimA4y
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we135Please respect copyright.PENANAlADSz2UqPC
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is135Please respect copyright.PENANAqAqpjhlaT5
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green135Please respect copyright.PENANAzpQN0aDJKH
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run135Please respect copyright.PENANARFNqN8oLTs
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she135Please respect copyright.PENANADHt802V3ax
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like135Please respect copyright.PENANAUtkkJZucVZ
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost135Please respect copyright.PENANAMvuHvCm5dU
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a135Please respect copyright.PENANAZLtgLNDOcD
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started135Please respect copyright.PENANAC0pA2CZDfo
dating,”
“---What is he waiting135Please respect copyright.PENANAozVCbn82VE
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got135Please respect copyright.PENANAl1lGAocI8n
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked135Please respect copyright.PENANAfoRklf42qh
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no135Please respect copyright.PENANA4ncLNK1Qif
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,135Please respect copyright.PENANAZDIBw5U1bw
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with135Please respect copyright.PENANAChJtlzDoC6
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.135Please respect copyright.PENANAsgSAWhDwqc
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding135Please respect copyright.PENANAG8geKRkB2d
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man135Please respect copyright.PENANACujVaSJGu8
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,135Please respect copyright.PENANANuSJimU5Ld
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the135Please respect copyright.PENANAd4tpMApDMz
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice135Please respect copyright.PENANAloc6a01lZz
rang out. Aneislis obeyed, continuing his journey inside the house.
Megan unintentionally135Please respect copyright.PENANATr3xn6IrbQ
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why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.