Megan woke up at high noon.136Please respect copyright.PENANAEDVjogq1dH
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She136Please respect copyright.PENANAczdRxUiV5D
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her136Please respect copyright.PENANA82ubKLQ1Zh
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it136Please respect copyright.PENANApr91ikyKB5
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last136Please respect copyright.PENANAqvPeAzaHyG
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force136Please respect copyright.PENANA0RquMX6U0q
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her136Please respect copyright.PENANASIVnEwam6J
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy136Please respect copyright.PENANA4DJUTbrDDG
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget136Please respect copyright.PENANASUuWWlCmQE
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be136Please respect copyright.PENANAS7YlFX0CS2
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out136Please respect copyright.PENANASPxwajugN1
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating136Please respect copyright.PENANAPmhCNK6bfA
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried136Please respect copyright.PENANAj4fZEo2GaR
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated136Please respect copyright.PENANAWdlknO3VTP
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history136Please respect copyright.PENANA6hXNaFUXVW
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases136Please respect copyright.PENANAt1NyDlf8Cm
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood136Please respect copyright.PENANARAnPNTQSET
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her136Please respect copyright.PENANAspDKdnhDSM
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,136Please respect copyright.PENANAaY2wArTtcL
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her136Please respect copyright.PENANAJCBlGXDYcq
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t136Please respect copyright.PENANADWYtmTYEtp
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern136Please respect copyright.PENANA2Q593B9HU8
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty136Please respect copyright.PENANAXR7y3Xw06l
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned136Please respect copyright.PENANAhSY6aSOtGp
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she136Please respect copyright.PENANAG2Ba4cIGdl
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of136Please respect copyright.PENANAqyUNLAZinm
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her136Please respect copyright.PENANAuDtcPFbh0a
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,136Please respect copyright.PENANAyonqMTyPvw
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green136Please respect copyright.PENANAcahnS8F1zy
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a136Please respect copyright.PENANA7oKLVeTekt
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture136Please respect copyright.PENANANV4S3QNnau
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt136Please respect copyright.PENANA4gn1aL6p4I
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how136Please respect copyright.PENANAAd54rZLfIs
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl136Please respect copyright.PENANAwrTf3h7OzY
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,136Please respect copyright.PENANAXwqknCalAI
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,136Please respect copyright.PENANAPTfj8cnzjE
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the136Please respect copyright.PENANA5Rl6KJ3cU6
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her136Please respect copyright.PENANAX3Wk6F3jUn
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I136Please respect copyright.PENANAntNLjE1kZO
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,136Please respect copyright.PENANAsRUXMrhDvP
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the136Please respect copyright.PENANAqc3uMBqTUN
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly136Please respect copyright.PENANAfAd8K3jPb2
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still136Please respect copyright.PENANADLqkZQHw4j
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to136Please respect copyright.PENANAJuCnh3J98f
apologize….”
The girl stared at her136Please respect copyright.PENANAZiEg2dqcYq
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel136Please respect copyright.PENANAqC53GywRXk
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty136Please respect copyright.PENANADdoHjaOonT
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost136Please respect copyright.PENANAj9hzdCznrZ
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of136Please respect copyright.PENANAKQV6541rdY
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!136Please respect copyright.PENANAjZX8hzXApi
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that136Please respect copyright.PENANA4tWmFEJlLj
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the136Please respect copyright.PENANAF8cKKvuomH
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do136Please respect copyright.PENANAi7l0oe9tR7
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for136Please respect copyright.PENANARU10KaH1qz
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and136Please respect copyright.PENANAIw7oHmRkKp
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away136Please respect copyright.PENANATQEkoAa1LF
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.136Please respect copyright.PENANAqsM5yWGFI5
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his136Please respect copyright.PENANAEfLPjZb3XX
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.136Please respect copyright.PENANA2JXwxMcEeM
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up136Please respect copyright.PENANARMAVvzMNVM
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s136Please respect copyright.PENANAZhxXl12BmJ
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you136Please respect copyright.PENANAUwTjfIqvpr
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was136Please respect copyright.PENANAFkIO2vHkeb
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the136Please respect copyright.PENANAgcLZ9FIJgN
counter.
“Brisket hash with136Please respect copyright.PENANAUg6iK7dFAM
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready136Please respect copyright.PENANA0sZ8ysuE8s
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in136Please respect copyright.PENANABjiU8k97dW
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and136Please respect copyright.PENANAzty3iYLB3L
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium136Please respect copyright.PENANAzJ8xKPcEa2
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a136Please respect copyright.PENANASd7yNrmnfw
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had136Please respect copyright.PENANAnKXYK9atDI
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been136Please respect copyright.PENANACv4axREhDq
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in136Please respect copyright.PENANABHRoY0h5Ob
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat136Please respect copyright.PENANAGK3QTiIm9x
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan136Please respect copyright.PENANA0st9qHx4Eh
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with136Please respect copyright.PENANAO6L03vPPcZ
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for136Please respect copyright.PENANAsBoEiX5fod
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,136Please respect copyright.PENANA8Iszuz0EN3
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs136Please respect copyright.PENANArMxTnM6Vuy
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned136Please respect copyright.PENANAdxPFo7e3dS
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to136Please respect copyright.PENANAPxNESWEZvF
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never136Please respect copyright.PENANAPqjgQYHbtA
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.136Please respect copyright.PENANAYkeYBhjfZR
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking136Please respect copyright.PENANAmDtsDHGyPJ
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly136Please respect copyright.PENANAH9f0OHBlCz
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow136Please respect copyright.PENANAbL06KbsvPj
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to136Please respect copyright.PENANA0EaEsLnRSs
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed136Please respect copyright.PENANAaUb6DCsvKm
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she136Please respect copyright.PENANASeG3oQp6Ab
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite136Please respect copyright.PENANAXd2owVbOZe
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking136Please respect copyright.PENANAHBtHkNf6a3
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great136Please respect copyright.PENANAxpbnnBTRe8
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than136Please respect copyright.PENANAriL6JvI9qe
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.136Please respect copyright.PENANA5IOu9k0BHD
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere136Please respect copyright.PENANAk8ZZL3599F
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical136Please respect copyright.PENANAAHh6JhwOlP
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!136Please respect copyright.PENANARXi8VBhl8e
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone136Please respect copyright.PENANAGtGh3bT9JF
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping136Please respect copyright.PENANAceP4KyPkJ0
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for136Please respect copyright.PENANAOlPJbLvUDV
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in136Please respect copyright.PENANA6m7zQ9P3v6
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the136Please respect copyright.PENANAeZB1IsDigY
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as136Please respect copyright.PENANA0sPBnaxmiO
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An136Please respect copyright.PENANAZiSeiY6h72
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the136Please respect copyright.PENANAA3CahD2BaL
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was136Please respect copyright.PENANA3c7Ntx0Amg
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why136Please respect copyright.PENANAaDBhUVmhYC
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was136Please respect copyright.PENANAg0q0q6kvmF
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.136Please respect copyright.PENANAXmWXC5gZlD
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing136Please respect copyright.PENANA0sBGf3duX6
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at136Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0PCcNrWtg
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,136Please respect copyright.PENANAyeaYjzB5Hg
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with136Please respect copyright.PENANA5L5ZFLplNW
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.136Please respect copyright.PENANA1HxGsbSnDl
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve136Please respect copyright.PENANAYPicYMtGNY
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly136Please respect copyright.PENANATqhkjr5Gal
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at136Please respect copyright.PENANAmBN8P4Qyfl
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and136Please respect copyright.PENANAmtb7xTQtnY
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel136Please respect copyright.PENANAki86DD9F54
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few136Please respect copyright.PENANAknB3k6ww31
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.136Please respect copyright.PENANAx9wYCvbbRk
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the136Please respect copyright.PENANA0fKsjGsZT5
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like136Please respect copyright.PENANAFnU3sK9dxC
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids136Please respect copyright.PENANAzmRPHl3OMc
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do136Please respect copyright.PENANA486CXuWc6M
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the136Please respect copyright.PENANAy72tO83SrT
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the136Please respect copyright.PENANA8FAhPb8OLS
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t136Please respect copyright.PENANAvVkXRFNnwQ
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not136Please respect copyright.PENANAnQRBIFznPN
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye136Please respect copyright.PENANAQ2kiio1XTA
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took136Please respect copyright.PENANAYI4L0rFlfp
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a136Please respect copyright.PENANAtuov0XETMI
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,136Please respect copyright.PENANA8Q4I0r7iBu
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,136Please respect copyright.PENANAKS51YTe3Im
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being136Please respect copyright.PENANALLj9S27wov
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me136Please respect copyright.PENANAqD4klGlSgk
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I136Please respect copyright.PENANAZnoBmgtExm
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you136Please respect copyright.PENANAGVmjYhTWwq
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have136Please respect copyright.PENANAVF5NfIZuh1
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained136Please respect copyright.PENANA3m5XdYad9n
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it136Please respect copyright.PENANAEoonkt8jrU
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate136Please respect copyright.PENANAQmeYisQhMI
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to136Please respect copyright.PENANA3I1ZRNoknJ
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.136Please respect copyright.PENANAvrzxuf4Wc5
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting136Please respect copyright.PENANANhEqsT46kY
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of136Please respect copyright.PENANAKUi8q9Qq9P
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened136Please respect copyright.PENANAaaY116ufW2
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance136Please respect copyright.PENANAs3zddCb02v
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk136Please respect copyright.PENANAGlxbSaZFds
to her that way.
Standing there, her136Please respect copyright.PENANAgOmybnxkNe
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the136Please respect copyright.PENANAUrzN7Vb2pN
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of136Please respect copyright.PENANA6EnqHRtfMm
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –136Please respect copyright.PENANAW1oA4hG7Gl
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed136Please respect copyright.PENANARu95Zy3PwV
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t136Please respect copyright.PENANAeiB5Gn8L71
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think136Please respect copyright.PENANA0BAPrbZ1ub
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less136Please respect copyright.PENANAYquJbBqjZQ
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a136Please respect copyright.PENANAi91VLyd0oy
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands136Please respect copyright.PENANAxCdmhomaTL
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that136Please respect copyright.PENANAlpc0KujyDC
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me136Please respect copyright.PENANAh1gG1iwfqU
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,136Please respect copyright.PENANAy9rZjE8dhr
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the136Please respect copyright.PENANABTepQ5DXKw
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,136Please respect copyright.PENANASwwlZKCqH1
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the136Please respect copyright.PENANAreB59heqwL
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries136Please respect copyright.PENANAtlHI5RGwd0
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day136Please respect copyright.PENANAQG0kwaMyHb
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane136Please respect copyright.PENANAUt2cOr4VLe
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,136Please respect copyright.PENANARrDWMjAjUg
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda136Please respect copyright.PENANA4yrszmYMhI
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her136Please respect copyright.PENANAi9Ou8hmuCv
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing136Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6MZc4CDyc
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and136Please respect copyright.PENANAIpVmc8nuyU
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love136Please respect copyright.PENANAr6NyJkKFFt
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,136Please respect copyright.PENANAcn6lKMOu1H
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as136Please respect copyright.PENANAqGXCRowPdh
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she136Please respect copyright.PENANADYKI8q5oj9
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four136Please respect copyright.PENANAJbN0UvuR9T
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate136Please respect copyright.PENANAukH5iS3mue
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your136Please respect copyright.PENANAZmdvm07Xep
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he136Please respect copyright.PENANAy4cSQR6cyv
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,136Please respect copyright.PENANAgaYeTZgljT
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I136Please respect copyright.PENANAho8jgPx2oY
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with136Please respect copyright.PENANAS9zb6jPLCk
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods136Please respect copyright.PENANARxn0RP8hFW
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean136Please respect copyright.PENANAacpcCBp29O
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him136Please respect copyright.PENANAIagCN7fNFY
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had136Please respect copyright.PENANAitKN2UWybt
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not136Please respect copyright.PENANAiKeYYEX17Y
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,136Please respect copyright.PENANAiclL5Bcwi5
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re136Please respect copyright.PENANAUVQLeVZl3z
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,136Please respect copyright.PENANA9OP1OIJSwg
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just136Please respect copyright.PENANAB0PNbipk9C
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,136Please respect copyright.PENANAfyBdoRJ44v
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t136Please respect copyright.PENANAUA26KvHSHI
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning136Please respect copyright.PENANAWQsAyOKW5I
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,136Please respect copyright.PENANADlVmPJ8MPh
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no136Please respect copyright.PENANA4WTBkuJVQ3
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting136Please respect copyright.PENANApJdzWsx9qP
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve136Please respect copyright.PENANABy2WCv3ioM
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years136Please respect copyright.PENANAhFh2WUOPaC
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of136Please respect copyright.PENANA8V5cJ07ffy
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,136Please respect copyright.PENANAgihjgjazMc
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we136Please respect copyright.PENANAH7CsZ8uFKI
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is136Please respect copyright.PENANAyn2h4xaY3N
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green136Please respect copyright.PENANAfLjNEjlnMk
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run136Please respect copyright.PENANAqsXRyAD4JY
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she136Please respect copyright.PENANAbnUiSLEuCI
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like136Please respect copyright.PENANAkMoeCJS9uT
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost136Please respect copyright.PENANAwHJtwurwzk
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a136Please respect copyright.PENANAdaR2t5RhZD
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started136Please respect copyright.PENANAzLUa5e1Eyf
dating,”
“---What is he waiting136Please respect copyright.PENANAwccx4Kk4xX
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got136Please respect copyright.PENANADtJQO5sH8o
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked136Please respect copyright.PENANAGazTH2tMqK
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no136Please respect copyright.PENANAlWUbjE5ycq
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,136Please respect copyright.PENANAgvIGC4rHlr
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with136Please respect copyright.PENANA1Cr8RrQ4m4
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.136Please respect copyright.PENANAtW4ra84XYV
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding136Please respect copyright.PENANAms74pNGAnZ
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man136Please respect copyright.PENANACh0BV2Wlci
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,136Please respect copyright.PENANAVKrC9CsiWh
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the136Please respect copyright.PENANAzzNJ3kovBl
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice136Please respect copyright.PENANAG5yH7ZqDxe
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why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.