Choosing Her Lover

Chapter 34

“Us?”

“Charlotte, myself and Michael.”

“Right, so….?

“I’ve been quite impressed with your performance….”

Really?

“Really?”

“Yes, really. I liked the way you dealt the situation out on the street the other day, and Ben in the downstairs lobby; even, dare I say it, the situation when Ben dragged you to our home, although I’ll admit, that’s with the benefit of hindsight.”

I flush. “You didn’t seem very impressed at the time.”

He rolls his eyes ceiling-ward. “Yes, I’ve never apologised for that, have I….”

“I don’t think you have a lot to apologise for, Sir. I feel terrible about it….”

“Well, get over it. It’s in the past. I want to talk about where we go from here. It seems to me that you handle yourself rather well in awkward situations and that being the case, I have a favour to ask of you.”

What’s he talking about?

“Right…. what is this favour?”

Perhaps I look suspicious. For a moment, he meets my eyes, his gaze level, expressionless; then he says, “Don’t misunderstand my motives, Kirstie. I’m not about to go dipping my nib in the office ink. It would be horribly unprofessional of me, and also, regardless of what Ben might think, I’m a married man.”

I flush. “I didn’t mean that at all.”

“Good. But for the avoidance of doubt….”

change

what is

the building; workers, visitors, delivery men, couriers.… everyone. They all must go by you. You also see a lot of what passes by the

Choosing his words?

do naturally and as part of your job, but do it

“To you?”

will be my eyes

you want me to…. what?

I’m asking you to do something underhand or illegal and that’s not it at all. Really, all I’m asking you to do is something which comes easily to you, which is to watch the people around us for any kind

of suspicion crawl through my stomach. “Is this just about Ben

feelings into consideration. Despite Marcie’s remarks to the contrary, I am not so far

doesn’t faze me. That female has been trying to get her claws into Michael for years. It must have come as a nasty shock to her to realise

laugh. “A

laughter dancing

I

threats to Charlotte, much more

that leaves me thinking of

“James….”

to tell me more than that. It sounds

you. Other people, myself included, will deal

What sort of

you to watch for anything that….” He holds up both hands in a gesture of helplessness, “…. anything that doesn’t

me to report

all I’m asking

do I make these

hit that alarm, Kirstie, it will

“Which other people?

“Michael for one….”

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