Megan woke up at high noon.282Please respect copyright.PENANAreUPqCZi63
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She282Please respect copyright.PENANAyvrmXAQpow
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her282Please respect copyright.PENANAD5MNcal4mL
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it282Please respect copyright.PENANAn6iOid04tl
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last282Please respect copyright.PENANAWCTyv25IyP
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force282Please respect copyright.PENANAtJNJ76u3MQ
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her282Please respect copyright.PENANANuxT2VvwTP
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy282Please respect copyright.PENANAa4EsM1Mbpz
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget282Please respect copyright.PENANA0YIRRC6wXN
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be282Please respect copyright.PENANACqvjg1G7bt
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out282Please respect copyright.PENANAOSppvIGQEq
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating282Please respect copyright.PENANAnVKdv9ktg6
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried282Please respect copyright.PENANAPJZMFjUR9M
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated282Please respect copyright.PENANAYWylrSKjh2
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history282Please respect copyright.PENANAAzhKU5tawB
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases282Please respect copyright.PENANAJYqt5gkxod
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood282Please respect copyright.PENANAoY9Oxk022Y
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her282Please respect copyright.PENANAh7EQDKDFAH
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,282Please respect copyright.PENANAxLftJCh0iP
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her282Please respect copyright.PENANAQJr52VCpna
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t282Please respect copyright.PENANAG1v7bNo2O6
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern282Please respect copyright.PENANAVaeTlHVhZP
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty282Please respect copyright.PENANAxSk3EE8WNS
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned282Please respect copyright.PENANA8Qc3de6f5r
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she282Please respect copyright.PENANAOcNNy3BNVt
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of282Please respect copyright.PENANA8YZWj6w8CI
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her282Please respect copyright.PENANAykU43RebIG
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,282Please respect copyright.PENANAHSqjjGZTAJ
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green282Please respect copyright.PENANAw52sknhLck
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a282Please respect copyright.PENANAghSHK9iCL8
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture282Please respect copyright.PENANADrQTPHeRRp
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt282Please respect copyright.PENANAY3ufcbMuJO
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how282Please respect copyright.PENANAJjXphIq5kT
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl282Please respect copyright.PENANAIJU0BCJL3r
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,282Please respect copyright.PENANACZmRLTipyx
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,282Please respect copyright.PENANAWibcAnEEmn
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the282Please respect copyright.PENANAmXlFPz7skD
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her282Please respect copyright.PENANAAJAff1dKDg
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I282Please respect copyright.PENANAJjCuKoAeYe
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,282Please respect copyright.PENANAmW6fKoKaJ1
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the282Please respect copyright.PENANAmOPHgdMAmX
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly282Please respect copyright.PENANArKoXJg03Ar
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still282Please respect copyright.PENANAouwGKK8hsq
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to282Please respect copyright.PENANAprPmqm19Tm
apologize….”
The girl stared at her282Please respect copyright.PENANAk1HWH9kAlk
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel282Please respect copyright.PENANAJzNCFxmHOx
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty282Please respect copyright.PENANAF2vH3msQen
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost282Please respect copyright.PENANAg392DjzBPc
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of282Please respect copyright.PENANAtrJHRwLLWS
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!282Please respect copyright.PENANAeSF9y8wEbt
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that282Please respect copyright.PENANAg2wRnEff2V
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the282Please respect copyright.PENANAGKiYfl3YWF
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do282Please respect copyright.PENANACOyNFKGbkC
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for282Please respect copyright.PENANAbw4h849fiL
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and282Please respect copyright.PENANAJpcMYDEMPk
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away282Please respect copyright.PENANAaIJob3dazc
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.282Please respect copyright.PENANAprVbC8vo7q
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his282Please respect copyright.PENANA8EOpPQ9pvg
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.282Please respect copyright.PENANAS9ex5MhjyV
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up282Please respect copyright.PENANAWAUoAmI35I
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s282Please respect copyright.PENANA4jbxCnf6Iw
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you282Please respect copyright.PENANA0xhc9WLcvO
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was282Please respect copyright.PENANA0V742FJu6T
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the282Please respect copyright.PENANAY2ULir54fg
counter.
“Brisket hash with282Please respect copyright.PENANAvXsX9WrBpz
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready282Please respect copyright.PENANAU9cFyqtqdw
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in282Please respect copyright.PENANAofsIDnD27p
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and282Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8tBOVMDTM
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium282Please respect copyright.PENANAguJCkgtRGg
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a282Please respect copyright.PENANADr73p8oDyo
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had282Please respect copyright.PENANAgm1CtlCuwX
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been282Please respect copyright.PENANAOjfeZP0oaQ
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in282Please respect copyright.PENANAzAHEHpH5jq
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat282Please respect copyright.PENANAhTTvdTiuNb
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan282Please respect copyright.PENANA93nqG6aNp7
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with282Please respect copyright.PENANAexLx8kRco5
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for282Please respect copyright.PENANAMfWVm1gHOK
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,282Please respect copyright.PENANAJpCQKPJX4O
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs282Please respect copyright.PENANAE3IVEyZMxl
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned282Please respect copyright.PENANAD9cnIYfTTP
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to282Please respect copyright.PENANAXMPpdPic54
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never282Please respect copyright.PENANA1H3S7pmxBY
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.282Please respect copyright.PENANAwWNgS7TgWO
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking282Please respect copyright.PENANAlE1UkR8QfH
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly282Please respect copyright.PENANARCtak0Zls7
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow282Please respect copyright.PENANAtkO02fbZBo
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to282Please respect copyright.PENANAT36WAFe5XA
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed282Please respect copyright.PENANADaWsNqaTVC
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she282Please respect copyright.PENANA5nSoQUnerT
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite282Please respect copyright.PENANAFHilD4SBax
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking282Please respect copyright.PENANAbzTveqlcOA
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great282Please respect copyright.PENANAZfr49yLvl0
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than282Please respect copyright.PENANAyFctU9ipzK
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.282Please respect copyright.PENANADeRPKGjr7h
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere282Please respect copyright.PENANAzaFw3v4Fbt
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical282Please respect copyright.PENANAXNw1kVo9Ru
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!282Please respect copyright.PENANAsyTXVFu0i6
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone282Please respect copyright.PENANAmpKZfb99HY
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping282Please respect copyright.PENANALVpWavbAUE
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for282Please respect copyright.PENANAGq37ryAKRP
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in282Please respect copyright.PENANA2gKAeDykuh
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the282Please respect copyright.PENANAsYR7uMODca
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as282Please respect copyright.PENANAB5RNUvKeVz
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An282Please respect copyright.PENANAG1eiTkExD1
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the282Please respect copyright.PENANA9eN2Nbmntc
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was282Please respect copyright.PENANASiT2ksSJMZ
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why282Please respect copyright.PENANAbyNytSDaib
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was282Please respect copyright.PENANA5qlcFhz5DS
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.282Please respect copyright.PENANA3YpBaOaAU5
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing282Please respect copyright.PENANAdIpMhd6vFA
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at282Please respect copyright.PENANA4lkZbPx3Ze
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,282Please respect copyright.PENANA4THHWpQoGk
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with282Please respect copyright.PENANAh7JxtyOhUE
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.282Please respect copyright.PENANAoa5cdBD9Gn
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve282Please respect copyright.PENANAMypok7a8c2
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly282Please respect copyright.PENANA1JVcj40OpW
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at282Please respect copyright.PENANAv3RRypDD9h
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and282Please respect copyright.PENANAvcXAOe2J3A
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel282Please respect copyright.PENANAIVT4cPDDNo
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few282Please respect copyright.PENANAvzV8VdfhLz
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.282Please respect copyright.PENANAXQ9Dp6Nqnr
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the282Please respect copyright.PENANAsqzfuHwcbh
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like282Please respect copyright.PENANAGjpH0fBK8M
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids282Please respect copyright.PENANApQKeWzp731
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do282Please respect copyright.PENANAWTNWsd5YFD
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the282Please respect copyright.PENANABfRm3aUUTb
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the282Please respect copyright.PENANAJXm9aw6tHn
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t282Please respect copyright.PENANAUXp9inFwsI
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not282Please respect copyright.PENANAVc4mgFSlsX
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye282Please respect copyright.PENANAllNwevwA5Y
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took282Please respect copyright.PENANA33IzILpgKi
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a282Please respect copyright.PENANARRK9P6F9PD
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,282Please respect copyright.PENANAJILXTu3606
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,282Please respect copyright.PENANAfNV9mJ2XcH
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being282Please respect copyright.PENANA8cbqFfG9GD
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me282Please respect copyright.PENANAabj4aD3wHe
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I282Please respect copyright.PENANACulB2CKq2J
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you282Please respect copyright.PENANAVDpNP9pSvQ
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have282Please respect copyright.PENANAjRlymC9aPy
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained282Please respect copyright.PENANApvaKST36LJ
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it282Please respect copyright.PENANAoJPKPXlNq7
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate282Please respect copyright.PENANAsHuSF4VCw4
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to282Please respect copyright.PENANA0PHAoGgw6p
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.282Please respect copyright.PENANAfmGqWFd73a
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting282Please respect copyright.PENANADBDW3NvBdx
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of282Please respect copyright.PENANAByErJeSezT
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened282Please respect copyright.PENANAmyhmVFyY33
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance282Please respect copyright.PENANADeUaQRje1N
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk282Please respect copyright.PENANAPDTkfP8Feh
to her that way.
Standing there, her282Please respect copyright.PENANAZnUzzn6Ir4
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the282Please respect copyright.PENANAu2sXzku9Hd
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of282Please respect copyright.PENANA8DcyEbsDs3
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –282Please respect copyright.PENANAeIjFiafRo2
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed282Please respect copyright.PENANAr5qhRHrPgY
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t282Please respect copyright.PENANA15Uj7o6ELN
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think282Please respect copyright.PENANAKcyQFVFDSx
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less282Please respect copyright.PENANATqGqLjMBRv
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a282Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7SZzk4UTo
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands282Please respect copyright.PENANAQhTHuA8Z9p
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that282Please respect copyright.PENANAWKOMBreNDC
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me282Please respect copyright.PENANAVC9FVR49l7
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,282Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ9Xs07G33
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the282Please respect copyright.PENANAZXQ64Dih6M
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,282Please respect copyright.PENANAUmGaEGCcDM
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the282Please respect copyright.PENANAqwXhsPtmYh
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries282Please respect copyright.PENANAK2GvHAJoCf
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day282Please respect copyright.PENANAH53p6dXmG8
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane282Please respect copyright.PENANA6vv68nXctR
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,282Please respect copyright.PENANA6os2id7Xsw
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda282Please respect copyright.PENANA7FeK9ELKd4
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her282Please respect copyright.PENANAutxneEdT1Z
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing282Please respect copyright.PENANAyeKWez0laF
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and282Please respect copyright.PENANAsT3xUjMs3N
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love282Please respect copyright.PENANANGC5caFmaK
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,282Please respect copyright.PENANApZvTRK7eBx
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as282Please respect copyright.PENANAfRPhVBbn5K
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she282Please respect copyright.PENANAfdz4LQo1f4
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four282Please respect copyright.PENANAhoZwE6k1Yz
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate282Please respect copyright.PENANAMq5iNGVMHp
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your282Please respect copyright.PENANAvTCmEiX56B
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he282Please respect copyright.PENANAt9stGBVQxH
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,282Please respect copyright.PENANARjt2KHXXdj
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I282Please respect copyright.PENANAhstiA9xaVJ
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with282Please respect copyright.PENANAJXwfCUveA8
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods282Please respect copyright.PENANAjHREJX8aeR
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean282Please respect copyright.PENANAwzrFuEOtYT
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him282Please respect copyright.PENANAxlQyMvBrDb
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had282Please respect copyright.PENANAdSLOi01y9Q
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not282Please respect copyright.PENANAWIaXrrCglw
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,282Please respect copyright.PENANAiXWRkBhssa
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re282Please respect copyright.PENANAczO2NY5X2G
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,282Please respect copyright.PENANAV4q3cNVeuI
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just282Please respect copyright.PENANAeHfLB1biHR
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,282Please respect copyright.PENANAFQ73XyG7Oz
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t282Please respect copyright.PENANAibAvlEmWzG
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning282Please respect copyright.PENANAjBebpX8reT
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,282Please respect copyright.PENANAsTX35rzvsv
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no282Please respect copyright.PENANAdjzqub17mR
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting282Please respect copyright.PENANAvFucDv0Ue0
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve282Please respect copyright.PENANA7aGGeDnlAI
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years282Please respect copyright.PENANAeCqK8SBgZS
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of282Please respect copyright.PENANAKm83jnAX8F
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,282Please respect copyright.PENANAdsmNisuQRM
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we282Please respect copyright.PENANAeN1mkTcudv
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is282Please respect copyright.PENANAsYB9Ic1NUv
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green282Please respect copyright.PENANAA8htpjNG0h
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run282Please respect copyright.PENANAvQqtSkKS7v
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she282Please respect copyright.PENANAAFhWvieX7R
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like282Please respect copyright.PENANARe3mtMIskX
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost282Please respect copyright.PENANAqgK21iJhzJ
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a282Please respect copyright.PENANAAssucEZD6d
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started282Please respect copyright.PENANAxJr4Ucysib
dating,”
“---What is he waiting282Please respect copyright.PENANAi2GbNDbfIo
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got282Please respect copyright.PENANAtojrca77rc
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked282Please respect copyright.PENANA3EeMykG29Z
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no282Please respect copyright.PENANAshspCv6zci
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,282Please respect copyright.PENANARawo0WXamb
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with282Please respect copyright.PENANALokMSoDYWQ
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.282Please respect copyright.PENANADb4w3VHIHR
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding282Please respect copyright.PENANAid1Ci2B59K
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man282Please respect copyright.PENANABsAYoEUN7U
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,282Please respect copyright.PENANA3Dn1LeTH5b
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the282Please respect copyright.PENANAU4rHN3hXhN
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice282Please respect copyright.PENANAVi75OTaaMS
rang out. Aneislis obeyed, continuing his journey inside the house.
Megan unintentionally282Please respect copyright.PENANAUQ9XXtrjn4
pressed the end button to the video call as her mind pondered about the282Please respect copyright.PENANAKcERKLQRCT
information she had learned.
So, he had a daughter. Wonder282Please respect copyright.PENANASSjX1Yk76t
why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.