Megan woke up at high noon.361Please respect copyright.PENANAmMZzKfPrXv
She sat up on the comfortable bed, stretching and yawning like a lazy cat. She361Please respect copyright.PENANAWOOnKywhn1
felt energized after her beauty sleep, thus putting her in a good mood. Her361Please respect copyright.PENANABlTD97S1Dm
stomach grumbled resentfully as if complaining about the lack of substance it361Please respect copyright.PENANAiGFTDjq3yO
hasn’t been given for more than six hours. Megan tried to remember the last361Please respect copyright.PENANA9FDo8kBPyK
time she had eaten; that must be the three muffins’ cupcakes she had to force361Please respect copyright.PENANAVXTbVQ9psW
herself to choke down on the plane, as her upset tummy wouldn’t give her361Please respect copyright.PENANAbzSrdQx7YB
appetite for anything more. No wonder she feels a headache and was mildly dizzy361Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZpunnAkJw
when she stood – those were her recognized signs of hunger. Never one to forget361Please respect copyright.PENANAduVNrsr7w2
hygiene no matter how hungry she is, Megan moved to the door she presumed to be361Please respect copyright.PENANAukYHQaMYW9
the bathroom to refreshen up. When done, she headed out.
Long hallways stretched out361Please respect copyright.PENANAffOMXuy4rU
at either side of her, causing her to pause with a small frown. Debating361Please respect copyright.PENANA2KhP22SgkX
mentally for some secs, she decided on the left hallway. As much as she tried361Please respect copyright.PENANAXDpiY3ab4X
not to notice, she still found herself admiring the unusual, yet sophisticated361Please respect copyright.PENANARM3SmnAiOg
interior design of the house. Priceless paintings displaying Scottish history361Please respect copyright.PENANAFc6MNlzmL5
with artifacts were mounted on the golden walls. Various-sized vintage vases361Please respect copyright.PENANAeJgDZahOD4
noticeably worth more than she thinks, including the plain-looking ones, stood361Please respect copyright.PENANAzGdki0B8rH
at every corner of the hallways. She’d have spent more time appreciating if her361Please respect copyright.PENANAth8309Xwea
belly didn’t protest again, this time louder.
She walked faster,361Please respect copyright.PENANAws1ruVzOj2
coming out to a staircase. There was another flight of stairs in front of her361Please respect copyright.PENANAqI05KyDn40
but she ignored it, choosing to locate the kitchen. Thankfully, she didn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANA3dDmQtc8F0
spend much time at all. The spacious, spotless kitchen equipped with modern361Please respect copyright.PENANA1kN9XQnC4l
utensils almost made her giddy and Megan couldn’t wait to start preparing tasty361Please respect copyright.PENANAgKpA1iJVu0
food on the big counter. She opened the double-doored fridge and grinned361Please respect copyright.PENANA4qAYmuo4cP
broadly at how well-stuffed it is. As someone who enjoys cooking a lot, she361Please respect copyright.PENANABAe9T61q7H
always appreciates it a lot when the fridge is filled up with all sorts of361Please respect copyright.PENANAYYyUDPcTsw
varieties of foods.
“Oh.”
Megan glanced behind her361Please respect copyright.PENANAFgDdYlaG5v
shoulders to see a young girl, she doesn’t look more than nineteen years,361Please respect copyright.PENANA0MNNyQn7Sx
standing – frozen more like it – at the entrance of the kitchen. Her pale green361Please respect copyright.PENANAcoG1P3d9EG
orbs were filled with anxiety, reluctance, and tiny curiosity as she held a361Please respect copyright.PENANApfRAYiJe8H
tray holding an empty bowl and cup. Everything regarding her, from her posture361Please respect copyright.PENANAQV15U7vHTo
to her expression, screams she wants to be anywhere but here. Megan felt361Please respect copyright.PENANAMdbUdCqf5y
strangely fascinated. Shutting the fridge, she faced the girl. She noted how361Please respect copyright.PENANAK48u4pmzSR
she tensed up immediately and Megan raised an inquisitive brow at her. The girl361Please respect copyright.PENANAn9EowkYWZZ
crimsoned. She tried to stammer out something, but under Megan’s bold stare,361Please respect copyright.PENANA3Dqu3rJZny
she couldn’t form anything that made sense.
Having a strong impression,361Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9zc0eHxt5
she was terrifying the poor girl, Megan eased up her expression, putting on the361Please respect copyright.PENANALxW4f0qA7B
winning, a failsafe smile she used whenever she wants to soothe her361Please respect copyright.PENANA5WCXAVnd8N
not-so-polite, demanding customers of her culinary abilities. “I’m sorry if I361Please respect copyright.PENANAk1VZaCKBSY
frightened you or anything. Believe me, it’s not my intention.”
The girl gave a brief smile,361Please respect copyright.PENANAlhnjrb9gHv
her stance relaxing. “I-I’m the one who’d apologize to you,” she went to the361Please respect copyright.PENANAlkGKU6LNUk
sink to drop the tray. “I shouldn’t have behaved like that. It was incredibly361Please respect copyright.PENANAK6m4SZWlgd
rude of me. I’m sorry, ma’am.”
She’s still361Please respect copyright.PENANAU91y7RHkEh
uncomfortable with me, Megan thought. “You weren’t rude. So, there’s no need to361Please respect copyright.PENANAJxCu6XXnuP
apologize….”
The girl stared at her361Please respect copyright.PENANACKWEAMSZl0
blankly. Realizing she was asking for her name, she quickly replied, “Arabel361Please respect copyright.PENANAeXC0uSrrJq
Shaw, ma’am.”
“Oh. A lovable beauty361Please respect copyright.PENANA2M3PM5SCXB
worth of her name.”
The girl went red, almost361Please respect copyright.PENANAnIPlzQu0wU
like the gingery curls on her head.
A low growl sounded out of361Please respect copyright.PENANAA9zeXaMblZ
Megan’s stomach, prompting Arabel to turn pale and become frantic. “Oh, my God!361Please respect copyright.PENANAPqGNd1tH0K
I’m so, so sorry. I can’t believe I’m such an idiot. How can I not know that361Please respect copyright.PENANAX1YHlWIFBR
you’d be hungry when you awake?” She pulled out a pot and pan. Going to the361Please respect copyright.PENANAq4fkc6JxUz
fridge, she was just about to pull out a crate of eggs but was stopped.
“You don’t need to do361Please respect copyright.PENANAt7QG1cAIdg
that. I can make something for myself.”
“But—"
“Even if you cook for361Please respect copyright.PENANAKqCcGVz1uz
me, there’s a high probability I won’t like it. So, to save ingredients and361Please respect copyright.PENANAZnQSvyABiz
time, let me do it.”
“But—”
Arabel has led away361Please respect copyright.PENANAAMScNZ4Vm8
from the refrigerator and lightly pushed one of the stools in the kitchen.361Please respect copyright.PENANAXEfFurkbRG
“Sit.” She complied. Like a three-year-old child who always wants to keep his361Please respect copyright.PENANAe4S1e85ahx
mother within his sight, she trailed her every move with large curious eyes.361Please respect copyright.PENANAwq96xRdTig
Whenever she sees her not knowing where some things she needs are, she bolts up361Please respect copyright.PENANAJL99TFn6bi
like an antelope. Providing said items within a blink. The smile on Megan’s361Please respect copyright.PENANA758KKh1VTk
lips keeps increasing.
“So, what are you361Please respect copyright.PENANA9T6LvqWrTK
doing to cook?” The young girl, unable to hold it in anymore, asked. She was361Please respect copyright.PENANAovziac94GS
standing alongside Megan, taking in the things she was preparing on the361Please respect copyright.PENANAPfXiXXhpPu
counter.
“Brisket hash with361Please respect copyright.PENANA8jAFSp1KjT
eggs."
“Oh.”
Done making ready361Please respect copyright.PENANALfjn4yWMBR
the ingredients, Megan placed a large skillet over medium heat and poured in361Please respect copyright.PENANAQGdCew8p45
two tablespoons of olive oil. When it was heated, she added diced onion and361Please respect copyright.PENANAdpvW8LdA5x
fried it until it was translucent. She put in minced garlic cloves with one medium361Please respect copyright.PENANARl5Z4LlvDF
red pepper, which she’d seeded and chopped. She mixed them, leaving it for a361Please respect copyright.PENANAc3qW0xGKVd
moment. Adding the potatoes she’d cut into cubes to the vegetables, she had361Please respect copyright.PENANAcwLPE8yR6j
everything cooked for fifteen minutes. An eager-to-help Arabel, who had been361Please respect copyright.PENANA87a4Zlg4jf
salivating nonstop the instant the mouthwatering aroma spread out, was in361Please respect copyright.PENANAjJ5aaVQdER
charge of monitoring and flipping the mixture every few minutes with a flat361Please respect copyright.PENANALAj24IXPcj
spatula so the lot browned evenly while she whisked down the eggs.
When it was time, Megan361Please respect copyright.PENANAyIw0DOiiKr
tossed in the cubed brisket. She combined it well, afterward seasoning it with361Please respect copyright.PENANABotTNkb101
salt and black pepper. She gave a quick turn after that leave it to cook for361Please respect copyright.PENANAKM6ys8gS7b
some minutes. Until the beef became brown and the potatoes succulently tender,361Please respect copyright.PENANAsEgCzG8rif
before removing it from the heat. In a separate pan, she made scrambled eggs361Please respect copyright.PENANAYzyf0S8XHP
and then plated them, not forgetting to add barbeque sauce.
Arabel was genuinely stunned361Please respect copyright.PENANACC65NlLn4p
when Megan gave her a sizeable portion of the food. It took a whole minute to361Please respect copyright.PENANAC7b6GWPYHx
get her to stop thanking her. The second Arabel took a bite, her head never361Please respect copyright.PENANAJwJLQZ7s87
came up again 'til she’d wiped her plate clean. Literally. Within a few blinks.361Please respect copyright.PENANA2F6l9xXsld
That spoke of how delicious the food is.
Megan had paused from taking361Please respect copyright.PENANASFjIljlbmq
lifting her spoon. She googled, half shocked, half amazed. But secretly361Please respect copyright.PENANAX7f2XB73Vn
pleased. Arabel felt embarrassed, even wished the earth should open and swallow361Please respect copyright.PENANApFkyqTVLaq
her up, when a light belch sipped out from her lips, despite her hard best to361Please respect copyright.PENANAah9fx1hxgj
keep it in.
“Here.” Megan handed361Please respect copyright.PENANAnPilaq3JVs
her the glass of orange juice meant for her, which after small hesitation, she361Please respect copyright.PENANAw1CAEff9RX
gulped down. “I’ve never had anyone react that much to my cooking, and quite361Please respect copyright.PENANAHlzGFEovs8
frankly. Arabel, I love it.”
The girl pepped up, looking361Please respect copyright.PENANAfTxdL80Mku
partly convinced. “Really?”
“Cooking is a great361Please respect copyright.PENANAgi8kvBN6qB
passion of mine and as a chef, there’s nothing more that delights my soul than361Please respect copyright.PENANATEFOQbqlvX
seeing my food consumed with such great…. relish.”
Arabel ducked her head.361Please respect copyright.PENANAPqD2hERkkA
“Okay, whatever you say.”
“I—”
“Arabel!”
A voice called from somewhere361Please respect copyright.PENANAA1jcyjm0w7
outside the kitchen. The way Arabel jumped from her seat would’ve been comical361Please respect copyright.PENANA6SMrzs1oWn
if she didn’t nearly trip over her feet and fallen flat on the floor. “Arabel!361Please respect copyright.PENANAMlQ5ZDNGwn
Where are ye, silly lass?”
Said person had gone361Please respect copyright.PENANA7c9lDofPi4
pale, as though she’d seen a ghost. In a flash, she was at the sink. Dropping361Please respect copyright.PENANAaynR5mw74Z
the plate, the one she’d eaten with, she packed the bowls and pans used for361Please respect copyright.PENANAkibKOi6mFS
cooking and began to demonstrate the quickest washing and rinsing known in361Please respect copyright.PENANAGQvaRatgly
history. Megan watched like a captivated audience while eating. Drawn to the361Please respect copyright.PENANArpfA6rxpry
clanging of the utensils, footsteps drew closer to where they are. Just as361Please respect copyright.PENANA92rBihgvbV
Arabel finished, the woman Megan saw yesterday stepped into the kitchen. An361Please respect copyright.PENANAyJEKfWWvqN
exasperated frown covered her expression but there was no misreading the361Please respect copyright.PENANATohPjk5X71
fleeting surprise and repulsion Megan spied in her gaze. This time, she was361Please respect copyright.PENANAFbK60exlKF
certain this sweetishly-looking woman has something against her.
Whatever.
“Ye silly lass! Why361Please respect copyright.PENANA4IC32iQIPu
didn’t ye answer me when I was yellin’ for you at the top of my lungs? I was361Please respect copyright.PENANAbRE7kCrTDV
expectin’ ye back ages ago!”
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Rhona.361Please respect copyright.PENANAL1PD1hXkuC
I-I was busy preparing something for Mrs. Henderson when I saw there’s nothing361Please respect copyright.PENANAhm9AGcgTcS
left of breakfast for her.”
Both women flinched.
Rhona shot a nasty glare at361Please respect copyright.PENANARvpYEHrjuf
the young girl, her displeasure apropos to the way Megan was addressed,361Please respect copyright.PENANAzidzWzOLZp
however, Arabel misunderstood it. “I didn’t know ye know you’re conversant with361Please respect copyright.PENANAn2kPF8oZFA
Amerikie’s food.”
“When I knew Mrs.361Please respect copyright.PENANAUek0RajIIH
Henderson was an American, I did tons of research on the country so I can serve361Please respect copyright.PENANA9c5N7KaHvO
her needs better.”
Megan felt incredibly361Please respect copyright.PENANAIh8SOBqAS1
uncomfortable being called that title again. She glanced at361Please respect copyright.PENANAV16L18lyaz
Arabel from the corners of her eyes; seeing her sweaty, bright face and361Please respect copyright.PENANA1vsr1BXm6C
quivering lips, she pitied her and decided not to expose her for her clear lie.
Rhonda observed Arabel361Please respect copyright.PENANAB3w4gmRDpV
suspiciously. She’s not convinced of whatsoever nonsense she spewed out. A few361Please respect copyright.PENANAoKJWoXXdgC
seconds later, she waved her to leave the kitchen and the girl readily fled.361Please respect copyright.PENANA9S9hltj7RI
Giving her head a shake, she turned back to Megan who had gone over to the361Please respect copyright.PENANAneArySQUxr
sink. This time, she didn’t bother hiding her feelings.
“Ms. Michelle, I’d like361Please respect copyright.PENANA01lYRM2pvu
it if ye don’t make Arabel cook for ye. She isn’t among the maids361Please respect copyright.PENANAmHP82J5TX8
in charge of cooking, so don’t force the poor girl to do361Please respect copyright.PENANAKBJepFY9as
what she doesn’t want.”
Wow. Way to rip off the361Please respect copyright.PENANAYnXLAfBqZP
bandage, Megan sardonically noted. Wiping her hands with a napkin, she met the361Please respect copyright.PENANAWFWHHHEjVB
angry older woman with the angering smile she uses on the people she doesn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANAyaJQF0tARG
like. “Hmm, but I wonder why any food wasn’t left for me?”
“I told the maids not361Please respect copyright.PENANAgaJAAdvpOW
to leave any because I don’t know whether you’d like what we cooked or not. Ye361Please respect copyright.PENANAOhDOdJoHzW
were needlessly finicky of what you ate the last time you came here so I took361Please respect copyright.PENANAmEcuh4Kkzu
it upon myself to be the one to cook for ye,” Rhona paused, casting a361Please respect copyright.PENANAhP6Gm2TIf7
depreciative look over at her figure. “Though if ye don’t mind me saying this,361Please respect copyright.PENANAayPpzHJBjp
Ms. Michelle, I think starving a bit would do ye a solid good.” She jibed,361Please respect copyright.PENANAsY0joBeUt8
smirking when that smile was erased.
Megan dropped being361Please respect copyright.PENANA3lnXFIC1SA
polite. “Remind me again, what is your job exactly here?”
“What? Don’t tell me361Please respect copyright.PENANARThB5i7mNa
you’ve forgotten?”
“Oh, I haven’t. But I361Please respect copyright.PENANAfQppv662g6
just want to know if you’ve gotten promoted to a new high rank that gives you361Please respect copyright.PENANA7yXVxGNhOi
the unrestricted authority to disrespect me, the lady of this house? Or have361Please respect copyright.PENANAozmt7KjlvI
you forgotten that I’m married to your boss and that also makes me your boss?”
“Ye---”
“Oh, how scatterbrained361Please respect copyright.PENANAP1Wlv8LfdZ
of me. You’re what? Sixty? Sixty-five? Your brain probably isn’t as sharp as it361Please respect copyright.PENANAHC9GvhsymX
is if you were my age, so I’ll take it that those stupidly inappropriate361Please respect copyright.PENANA91ScFSJhDx
comments were caused by the parasite living in your head because I want to361Please respect copyright.PENANAU4CIAvRR4z
believe you valve your job and you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize it.361Please respect copyright.PENANADQ6OX5HN5I
Perhaps I’ll talk to my husband to let you retire. After all, you’re getting361Please respect copyright.PENANA0IsYDVpdPH
old. It’s obvious you’re no longer fit for this job and it’d be very cruel of361Please respect copyright.PENANAgteLGCivjS
us to continue to make me do what you don’t want to do. Don’t you think so?”
Rhona glared with reddened361Please respect copyright.PENANA7iXu8KunuX
eyes; her smirk long gone. She wanted nothing more than to close the distance361Please respect copyright.PENANABoTKkekZ18
between them and serve the insolent lass a well-earned slap. How dare she talk361Please respect copyright.PENANAH7oDcpWUAy
to her that way.
Standing there, her361Please respect copyright.PENANA1vCRQFyi9q
chest heaving and looking as though she had been abandoned and betrayed by the361Please respect copyright.PENANAw3YatmZ5kB
world, Megan felt zero ounces of pity for her. And why should she? Out of361Please respect copyright.PENANA4CHqowU9lF
nowhere, this judgmental woman – she had mistaken as someone good at first –361Please respect copyright.PENANARh9wytqRCb
start spurting crap concerning her, disparaging her. Megan knew she’d be pissed361Please respect copyright.PENANAgNEC2mli7x
at herself later if she didn’t return the favor. She might look gentle, doesn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANAF09LG4xwF7
mean she’s not a pushover for anyone.
“Y-Ye j-jest! Ye think361Please respect copyright.PENANA3q5DcPz57K
after what you did, Elie would want to listen to anything ye say, much less361Please respect copyright.PENANAp5nUPRzaww
believe ye? Ah, you’re delusional.”
“You wanna bet? He’s a361Please respect copyright.PENANAnnhojHst9a
man, isn’t he? Please, a little seduction and he’ll become pudding in my hands361Please respect copyright.PENANA8k7JgGUXBO
in a flash.” Megan tilted her head a bit to the side; the slow smile that361Please respect copyright.PENANApHaX0UTayD
stretched on her face made her look very much like a vixen. “Would you like me361Please respect copyright.PENANAB730jHhdzT
to show you how it’s done?”
Rhona rushed out.
Megan dropped the act,361Please respect copyright.PENANAc4IXQ8VepF
disgusted beyond expression. What a pretentious, elderly woman. Brushing the361Please respect copyright.PENANA19y99TfZGF
conversation aside, she strode back to her room, put on some workout outfits,361Please respect copyright.PENANA8w6pQVCAb6
and did yoga for an hour or so.
|!|!|!|!| |!|!|!|!|
“So, how is the361Please respect copyright.PENANAzj47rAn6LI
bakery doing?” Megan went straight to the point after exchanging pleasantries361Please respect copyright.PENANAKJfTw4UXWD
with the vibrantly dressed woman on a video call with her. Clad in her lazy-day361Please respect copyright.PENANAByMw85kUVK
outfit; an old, baggy shirt having faded baseball logo – she snatched it from Shane361Please respect copyright.PENANAD2iI57aZDq
months back when they began dating – and her favorite woolen cutoff – panties,361Please respect copyright.PENANAw5U0JCezHk
her aunt claimed they were – underneath. She was standing on the veranda361Please respect copyright.PENANAiFlEOb5YXV
outside her room; enjoying the pleasurable breeze which slip in and out of her361Please respect copyright.PENANAE0v8iMFz5O
cloth and the beautiful, green scenery that lays around the manor.
“Oh, we’re doing361Please respect copyright.PENANAcCl7i8SyYL
alright. The guy your aunt brought, Kilian, is a gem. Granted, the cakes and361Please respect copyright.PENANAdXOujou650
pastries he bakes aren’t precisely as great as yours, but the customers love361Please respect copyright.PENANABozFs6mxIg
them! Look, just the first day and we’re already sold out.” The camera shifted,361Please respect copyright.PENANACnsji8tgGG
showing her the inside of her shop, which was crowded with people – just as361Please respect copyright.PENANAvLGRf8Xg0U
when she was there – and the show glass was empty. Megan's brows lifted; she361Please respect copyright.PENANAPdgnBgJjPR
was impressed. It’s good to know she chose the right person among the four361Please respect copyright.PENANAD3a5WnzsOp
chefs she’d talked to.
Jemma’s excited chocolate361Please respect copyright.PENANAVXQcwMaZx7
face came back into view. “Do you know he’s quite a shy guy? When one of your361Please respect copyright.PENANA6BQYqbt3Pv
regulars Mrs. Copson, wanted to meet the new chef and Grey called him out, he361Please respect copyright.PENANA04kx89YtIm
was such a cute nerve wrack. The way he stuttered in that lovely Greek accent,361Please respect copyright.PENANAz6QjQn1mtR
fiddled with his back hair, and blushed nonstop? Ah, I think I’m in love. I361Please respect copyright.PENANA0H8tBEDDMp
don’t think I’m the only one; all your female clients are also in love with361Please respect copyright.PENANAUv1lfPBEnb
him. 90% of our buyers are females and I don’t think it’s entirely our goods361Please respect copyright.PENANAyYn7hZzLm9
they’re eager for if you get my drift. Not that I blame them one bit; I mean361Please respect copyright.PENANAxW2ChIz6AK
have you ever seen a man who’s so sinfully gorgeous you just want to lick him361Please respect copyright.PENANAWw07n1CKMe
up---”
“Godmother, please!” Megan had361Please respect copyright.PENANAGBMqglsyv6
to interrupt, or her ears would be filled with descriptions she’d rather not361Please respect copyright.PENANAhpkEgwVVhk
have regarding her employee. She wondered if she made the right decision,361Please respect copyright.PENANAx6lUCyylTj
allowing her godmother to persuade her to be her temporary manager. “You’re361Please respect copyright.PENANA06vC8ehOvW
fifty-four years and happily married with three children. For goodness’ sake,361Please respect copyright.PENANAvk0FwGeyTf
act your age for once!”
“Killjoy. I was just361Please respect copyright.PENANA0Eo2XvAjea
looking, okay? There’s no one yet that can make leave that delicious,361Please respect copyright.PENANAmemvCAHUdG
one-of-its-kind specimen I have for a husband. Besides, my observation isn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANAnCnOVmgZBU
for me, it’s all for you, prude.” Jemma had that gleam in her eye, warning361Please respect copyright.PENANAKqDrzqyjGF
Megan she was going to launch into her usual advice/speech – cough, nagging,361Please respect copyright.PENANANQsgjQLs0X
cough – before she’d rush her off the phone, she went off. Leaving her with no361Please respect copyright.PENANARSqmLllPsc
choice but listen.
“I’m not saying waiting361Please respect copyright.PENANA33p8NjGiNM
for Shane is a bad thing but you have waited enough time on the man. You’ve361Please respect copyright.PENANAX6qXxaneQ1
been obsessed with him since you were what, nineteen?”
“Twenty. But I’m---”
“Twenty! For six years361Please respect copyright.PENANAb0SkQR9nJV
he never looked your way once. Why then are you still pining with that kind of361Please respect copyright.PENANAR53UBq306c
man, huh?”
Megan gritted her teeth,361Please respect copyright.PENANACs3eg5XCmn
“He confessed to me five months ago – I told you and mom all of it – and we361Please respect copyright.PENANAODn8PtRBAz
both decided to take it slow. I don’t see what’s so wrong that everyone is361Please respect copyright.PENANAQy9Hn5fdfN
complaining.” She couldn’t help the sass at the last words.
Jemma narrowed her jade-green361Please respect copyright.PENANA66NT0NLz90
eyes, threateningly. “Don’t think that because you’re far away, you can run361Please respect copyright.PENANAzgWK5G840R
your mouth on me on the phone anyhow, I won’t tolerate that.” Thank God she361Please respect copyright.PENANAeZreXZ0XjK
wasn’t close by or her godmother would’ve slapped her silly.
“Sorry.” She felt like361Please respect copyright.PENANAXdErBr1ze3
a schoolgirl as she apologized. “But I love him, Jemma.”
“You’re almost361Please respect copyright.PENANAmjHVBe9VLp
thirty---” Jemma started.
“Twenty-six.”
“---and he hasn’t put a361Please respect copyright.PENANAVPIFtYHjEa
ring on your finger yet---”
“Again, we just started361Please respect copyright.PENANADvuhf9IspU
dating,”
“---What is he waiting361Please respect copyright.PENANAP3SSf3Mk6O
for? The apocalypse? He isn’t sincere with you. Well, it’s a good thing you got361Please respect copyright.PENANA1VCqa61828
married to that Scottish guy, Aneislis, right? He’s the right one for you.”
Megan looked361Please respect copyright.PENANAo2FScVL2v7
incredulous, “In case you’ve forgotten, he’s Michelle’s husband. I have no361Please respect copyright.PENANAwvN216zlL7
interest in him.”
“He’s yours for life,361Please respect copyright.PENANA18bXAQiE0s
whether you accept it or not. Even though Michelle is found, she won’t be with361Please respect copyright.PENANAs5AzJhOCEv
him. You should know this. Also, it’s best if---”
Megan was distracted.361Please respect copyright.PENANAnQomdaLaYT
Her sight was drawn to the glittering, luxurious car – a Maserati – gliding361Please respect copyright.PENANAioM6T85zVi
towards the manor. It stopped, the backseat door opened, and out came the man361Please respect copyright.PENANAMzRdMBL5o6
her godmother approved of. Her nose was wrinkled in distaste. She stared,361Please respect copyright.PENANA5GBwfU6Pu6
sour-faced, as he helped someone down – an adorable, little girl. He shut the361Please respect copyright.PENANAaBLzXWUp1E
car door and walked hand-to-hand a few steps before the girl made a demand.
“Daddy, carry me.”
Her cheerful, childish voice361Please respect copyright.PENANAdfKWtSSrbZ
rang out. Aneislis obeyed, continuing his journey inside the house.
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So, he had a daughter. Wonder361Please respect copyright.PENANAeGHiKBCwgB
why that tiny detail wasn’t told to her, she rolled her orbs.