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

is this

You see everyone who comes in or out of the building; workers, visitors, delivery men, couriers.… everyone. They all must go by you. You also see a lot of what passes by the building or happens in front of it. You spotted Ben the other day

Choosing his words?

do what you already do naturally and as part of your

“To you?”

be my

words. “So, you want me to…. what? Be

you, which is to watch the people around us for any kind of

of suspicion crawl through my stomach. “Is this just

handle that kind of thing myself rather easily, even when I have to take Michael’s feelings into consideration. Despite Marcie’s remarks to the contrary, I am not so far over the hill that I

trying to get her claws into Michael for years. It must have come as a nasty shock to her to realise that

“A woman

his brows, laughter dancing in his

what am I

to Charlotte, much

me thinking of the proverbial swan; all calm grace above water, frenzied activity down below, out of sight. “Mr

“James….”

to tell me more than that. It

asking that of you. Other people, myself included, will deal with any

sort

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

want? For me to

that’s all I’m asking

do I make

under your desktop, you will find a second panic button has been installed. If you hit that alarm, Kirstie, it will come directly to

“Which other people?

“Michael for one….”

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