Ross drops Richard back at the office, then helps me pack my small number of possessions into the car—a few clothes and personal items, my steam-driven laptop, and my books. None of the furniture is mine, and I wouldn’t want it in my lovely new apartment anyway. When we return to the apartment block, with Ross staggering slightly under the weight of a cardboard box full of books, the concierge gives me a key. I notice that he is wearing a fresh shirt and is now sitting upright and alert at his desk.
“You’ve given me the wrong one,” I say. “This is for 127A. Mine is 47A.”
“That’s the one Mr Haswell said I was to give you.”
“Oh. Right.” Puzzled, I take the lift to the twelfth floor, Ross following me.
The twelfth-floor apartment is amazing. High above the city, the gorgeous park view is below, but now the view opens far over buildings old and new, across the river, and out to the hills beyond. There are three bedrooms, a huge lounge and dining area overlooking those stunning vistas in three directions, and a bathroom to die for with all polished glass and chrome fittings as well as a Jacuzzi.
I am torn between a broad grin and embarrassment.
“Where do you want this?” asks Ross, still weighed down under his load.
“Umm … I’m not sure. Anywhere, Ross. Just put it down.” I don’t know quite what to do next. “I can’t stay here. I can’t possibly afford it.”
Ross looks at me with a slightly pitying expression. “You’re working for Mr Haswell?”
“Er, yes …”
“So, he pays your wages? He knows how much you earn?”
“Yes.”
he’s your landlord, so he sets the rent
“Err ... yes ...”
concierge to give you
“Yes.”
this is the apartment you’re getting. And you can afford it. Now,
What else can I say? I
Ross.” I need to decide how to lay things out, and it’s not as though there
arranging my things as best I can with no furniture. I am just deciding that I should go out to shop for a bed, a
It’s me,
come on
on the apartment door. “I don’t want to be interrupted
“I
welcome. But you can show me your thankfulness in a better fashion. Now where …?” He glances around the lounge and then walks to the kitchen counter. “Come
chin to kiss me on the mouth,
skirt and panties
I unzip my skirt, letting it slide down to my feet before stepping out of it and kicking it to one side. I then slip down my already noticeably damp panties. Pretty and black though they are, they are
and then slipping it off my shoulders
a moment he stands back, just looking at me, then he unclips my hair and pulls it tumbling
“Undress me, Elizabeth.”
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