Megan woke up at high noon.377Please respect copyright.PENANALnCgLCHmO2
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She377Please respect copyright.PENANAY1lbMqkd6x
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her377Please respect copyright.PENANAPBRu6pmMLH
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it377Please respect copyright.PENANA8zH0HizE1A
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last377Please respect copyright.PENANAeaWz5v0TmL
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force377Please respect copyright.PENANA7pW0mETIcY
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her377Please respect copyright.PENANAkFkP7GI8b4
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy377Please respect copyright.PENANAUGqR2YRHIl
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget377Please respect copyright.PENANAJyTVASR3tn
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be377Please respect copyright.PENANAUoz0tiXMf7
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out377Please respect copyright.PENANA6il7YVUS7F
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating377Please respect copyright.PENANAGgaFoOiVGq
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried377Please respect copyright.PENANAtakFJkCPGp
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated377Please respect copyright.PENANAtTsc0Wa4i5
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history377Please respect copyright.PENANAaQpXgTvGj6
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases377Please respect copyright.PENANArFDt68zY0q
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood377Please respect copyright.PENANAnE28YznXSB
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her377Please respect copyright.PENANAxJW7HTQ87M
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,377Please respect copyright.PENANAOeQWNHlFt3
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her377Please respect copyright.PENANA2wAJkqWUBV
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t377Please respect copyright.PENANAvdjxNWwOVr
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern377Please respect copyright.PENANA9UEnjyw35d
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty377Please respect copyright.PENANAFMursIbO3S
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned377Please respect copyright.PENANAD2GY1NjYyD
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she377Please respect copyright.PENANABiO2fruzHc
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of377Please respect copyright.PENANALUn9fOjLMc
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her377Please respect copyright.PENANAAdtaUNeh0C
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,377Please respect copyright.PENANAOfU6OibdGZ
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green377Please respect copyright.PENANAO7CTL3qIau
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a377Please respect copyright.PENANAjNiEJnElnH
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture377Please respect copyright.PENANAZzRdBHbMfF
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt377Please respect copyright.PENANA9j00z0lXdb
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how377Please respect copyright.PENANADLiv88xuQx
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl377Please respect copyright.PENANAcHbiofPABw
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,377Please respect copyright.PENANAAx2X6wuc04
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,377Please respect copyright.PENANAx4kNWI6RXw
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the377Please respect copyright.PENANAjaWPWTDi9N
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her377Please respect copyright.PENANAmSCIhhsNKL
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I377Please respect copyright.PENANAGNqBGBKT8X
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,377Please respect copyright.PENANA5VO0Ra9viV
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the377Please respect copyright.PENANAexWFsgKitM
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly377Please respect copyright.PENANAk34a0aqX17
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still377Please respect copyright.PENANAxuRn0nHtOh
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to377Please respect copyright.PENANAjno2gmRewh
apologize….”
The girl stared at her377Please respect copyright.PENANAU75HYwQ3yo
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel377Please respect copyright.PENANAtkYIvoyvjA
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty377Please respect copyright.PENANAyGbpdnpHKI
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost377Please respect copyright.PENANAxjxTyDGmtN
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of377Please respect copyright.PENANA3NDqnPu2cL
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!377Please respect copyright.PENANADdt2NRpuuM
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that377Please respect copyright.PENANAoL0pbjJQvb
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the377Please respect copyright.PENANAJuFu4ww2zB
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do377Please respect copyright.PENANABr6jxDQaNa
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for377Please respect copyright.PENANAslAouK1pcg
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and377Please respect copyright.PENANARqMgcsF53j
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away377Please respect copyright.PENANAHqmOAws49g
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.377Please respect copyright.PENANAlyARbHqTbA
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his377Please respect copyright.PENANAydUwZeyaEa
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.377Please respect copyright.PENANAkOHR2KdFDm
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up377Please respect copyright.PENANA1HvZIinj4t
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s377Please respect copyright.PENANAREq1JqpmUG
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you377Please respect copyright.PENANALax4GYydLf
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was377Please respect copyright.PENANAwjsvxxolsj
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the377Please respect copyright.PENANAjpymePomJX
counter.
“Brisket hash with377Please respect copyright.PENANAggVjCwQ1HI
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready377Please respect copyright.PENANAqmt9wm7WxI
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in377Please respect copyright.PENANAovkXkG65ZN
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and377Please respect copyright.PENANAqzfuGGwTaV
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium377Please respect copyright.PENANAB3Ide6XeZR
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a377Please respect copyright.PENANA6JZl8mVNbo
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had377Please respect copyright.PENANAwLDQn8JU5e
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been377Please respect copyright.PENANAifbTj4zG6D
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in377Please respect copyright.PENANAYZBj9loR5B
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat377Please respect copyright.PENANAwF2fuq3uqn
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan377Please respect copyright.PENANAvkOSjJKBS9
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with377Please respect copyright.PENANAuwCKwSGS4b
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for377Please respect copyright.PENANALTq3qyOJSG
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,377Please respect copyright.PENANApxJwpg5O4s
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs377Please respect copyright.PENANAF2OXVcphqf
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned377Please respect copyright.PENANA6o2YtzuWRZ
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to377Please respect copyright.PENANAWaJSyE0MW6
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never377Please respect copyright.PENANApEbAwkZnCe
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.377Please respect copyright.PENANAQYC5uaWjXi
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking377Please respect copyright.PENANAEOSSXzWh5m
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly377Please respect copyright.PENANANheyWw9auF
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow377Please respect copyright.PENANACCax661WfX
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to377Please respect copyright.PENANAy0ARhMiFvF
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed377Please respect copyright.PENANAhZlnHECRfO
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she377Please respect copyright.PENANAyvknQoXo9d
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite377Please respect copyright.PENANAwqttv08qpp
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking377Please respect copyright.PENANAZwah2IIa8i
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great377Please respect copyright.PENANA5llxmAHo7S
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than377Please respect copyright.PENANA153nBDJ2Nr
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.377Please respect copyright.PENANAB43RyAivj5
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere377Please respect copyright.PENANABzeETSC1hl
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical377Please respect copyright.PENANAtXXYCNRlLz
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!377Please respect copyright.PENANAvvpNEvz8gS
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone377Please respect copyright.PENANAp07zcydHk0
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping377Please respect copyright.PENANAeU2coC78lQ
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for377Please respect copyright.PENANA5nzlQMAZMx
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in377Please respect copyright.PENANAf1RH0FgJAL
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the377Please respect copyright.PENANAzlk6fwq7vY
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as377Please respect copyright.PENANAUctLFpmkqn
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An377Please respect copyright.PENANAQQH28uqjb5
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the377Please respect copyright.PENANAnspfdV9WIF
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was377Please respect copyright.PENANADXyrW6BXpV
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why377Please respect copyright.PENANATqm005XAWk
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was377Please respect copyright.PENANA5XVPYXnIA6
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.377Please respect copyright.PENANAU51GVLIdZp
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing377Please respect copyright.PENANAyPVhA7M106
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at377Please respect copyright.PENANAyiokWPfbWj
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,377Please respect copyright.PENANAnAYcqfxDAu
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with377Please respect copyright.PENANAWT0A2QtQpG
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.377Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9b2VLAPcA
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve377Please respect copyright.PENANA9H2dpphKhH
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly377Please respect copyright.PENANAkkKe1NIlDx
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at377Please respect copyright.PENANApThY7QLGMo
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and377Please respect copyright.PENANAqkANkC2lmw
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel377Please respect copyright.PENANAJY3NCFG4c5
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few377Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3bgoLl32a
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.377Please respect copyright.PENANADoEFsa4dsx
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the377Please respect copyright.PENANAsitMVjjtGv
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like377Please respect copyright.PENANAEHyABhlBDc
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids377Please respect copyright.PENANAZE3wbiMwrH
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do377Please respect copyright.PENANADLvQdNJGIA
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the377Please respect copyright.PENANAPpbAuohCqH
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the377Please respect copyright.PENANAbCqlK0Eu1G
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t377Please respect copyright.PENANAP2gIxb4tUl
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not377Please respect copyright.PENANAPpM4LKcNGB
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye377Please respect copyright.PENANAXWRQUK2uVI
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took377Please respect copyright.PENANA4uRiPS2PDF
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a377Please respect copyright.PENANATfEVyR4WM2
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,377Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ee5DkbiM7
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,377Please respect copyright.PENANA9IZBFIQ3Hd
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being377Please respect copyright.PENANAHXHW5DASgc
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me377Please respect copyright.PENANAtuRnGdpZzf
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I377Please respect copyright.PENANAVT0FKloIUC
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you377Please respect copyright.PENANAtnGl15crZS
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have377Please respect copyright.PENANAnXoEIHzsQ4
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained377Please respect copyright.PENANARDEml8R98V
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it377Please respect copyright.PENANAL46CRnuQit
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate377Please respect copyright.PENANA8hYYM2mSIc
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to377Please respect copyright.PENANAVnqwv68GDQ
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.377Please respect copyright.PENANAatNAGN7zuV
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting377Please respect copyright.PENANAEKaK0qg4il
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of377Please respect copyright.PENANAZoSRQ2YTJu
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened377Please respect copyright.PENANAX4DYcfkTqA
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance377Please respect copyright.PENANAcqRHBzZ3xc
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk377Please respect copyright.PENANAYqCCyPcLmM
to her that way.
Standing there, her377Please respect copyright.PENANAdi4SH5Bb2q
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the377Please respect copyright.PENANA7wlq7mGeO7
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of377Please respect copyright.PENANAksIwHHGXPH
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –377Please respect copyright.PENANARWHRlTsg1Q
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed377Please respect copyright.PENANAl5W18qguzl
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t377Please respect copyright.PENANABdzdErls1m
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think377Please respect copyright.PENANAegoEbC2CYq
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less377Please respect copyright.PENANAxS52qLSfcy
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a377Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8w5ecB4Dy
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands377Please respect copyright.PENANAUmsKX4dKDf
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that377Please respect copyright.PENANAR0EatW591W
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me377Please respect copyright.PENANA5wj2RsYmza
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,377Please respect copyright.PENANA9cngqO4NdF
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the377Please respect copyright.PENANASnayzy75fr
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,377Please respect copyright.PENANAphHtOWhnnW
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the377Please respect copyright.PENANAqrkBEPpRaV
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries377Please respect copyright.PENANA4JRr7lcRve
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day377Please respect copyright.PENANA3QcTufzthN
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane377Please respect copyright.PENANACuUKMEl0BT
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,377Please respect copyright.PENANAlLrgZlSR6s
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda377Please respect copyright.PENANAiLjdC8He6b
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her377Please respect copyright.PENANA7TJKjTlAVb
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing377Please respect copyright.PENANAXz29DwRPsF
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and377Please respect copyright.PENANAZhfTerlOHG
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love377Please respect copyright.PENANAz0xC7sbJQS
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,377Please respect copyright.PENANAPvBkq8yMuv
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as377Please respect copyright.PENANAatRL6Fo015
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she377Please respect copyright.PENANA25LNhsrOIH
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four377Please respect copyright.PENANAWAYff3Xqjh
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate377Please respect copyright.PENANAEq7eWy33EW
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your377Please respect copyright.PENANAYhNlLCJHaQ
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he377Please respect copyright.PENANAtfSDmaNOpS
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,377Please respect copyright.PENANA8CMvLd70kW
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I377Please respect copyright.PENANAXLtrm9PyhF
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with377Please respect copyright.PENANAwcC3gdf9hc
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods377Please respect copyright.PENANAcJchTCaboC
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean377Please respect copyright.PENANAMdp6Hkrk0M
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him377Please respect copyright.PENANAB5wsagPn97
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had377Please respect copyright.PENANAVpk8OdBqAG
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not377Please respect copyright.PENANA1haz4Ssrwj
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,377Please respect copyright.PENANAyX9gYLkla5
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re377Please respect copyright.PENANA0VLwwAQHq0
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,377Please respect copyright.PENANA3H7Y0OKIyM
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just377Please respect copyright.PENANAYZ33m5Ba4t
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,377Please respect copyright.PENANAezTcnHUHtX
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t377Please respect copyright.PENANAiF2O4pHqoo
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning377Please respect copyright.PENANAGTkOfDCwhS
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,377Please respect copyright.PENANAX0LrBrpxfz
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no377Please respect copyright.PENANAzVc5SBynHh
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting377Please respect copyright.PENANAwIYHFci5i1
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve377Please respect copyright.PENANAmXk6uv1x3V
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years377Please respect copyright.PENANAVnW5bRtvDt
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of377Please respect copyright.PENANA5udR1Ty56B
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,377Please respect copyright.PENANAfHoyhvcCn5
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we377Please respect copyright.PENANAITjKujnbxE
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is377Please respect copyright.PENANAchRXThTzzx
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green377Please respect copyright.PENANAf42e6NsWOq
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run377Please respect copyright.PENANAjo0znGoRKY
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she377Please respect copyright.PENANAuLn9DjnoKX
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like377Please respect copyright.PENANAHq0ZaAB5o9
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost377Please respect copyright.PENANAXjfAEQThJk
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a377Please respect copyright.PENANAcrtaSwq9ZF
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started377Please respect copyright.PENANA2LKeJksQqp
dating,”
“---What is he waiting377Please respect copyright.PENANAv4BubSisMI
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got377Please respect copyright.PENANAIt9ygloP5e
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked377Please respect copyright.PENANAGMLYlO4HtG
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no377Please respect copyright.PENANAArSGy42cr6
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,377Please respect copyright.PENANAm3KRnbaag6
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with377Please respect copyright.PENANAY25LY0Ab1w
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.377Please respect copyright.PENANAgs2IbgkoMQ
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding377Please respect copyright.PENANAgKtudxb2dj
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man377Please respect copyright.PENANA0Yxq4WV4JW
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,377Please respect copyright.PENANA01Q3CnrU2F
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the377Please respect copyright.PENANAJEIY9D2lMi
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice377Please respect copyright.PENANASzfdr7ImAW
rang out. Aneislis obeyed, continuing his journey inside the house.
Megan unintentionally377Please respect copyright.PENANAwO5e0w4pU5
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why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.