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….”

to change the

what is this

stands, pacing the room. “Kirstie, you man the lobby desk right through the day. You are in a key position. 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

Choosing his words?

as part of your job, but do

“To you?”

You will be my eyes and

his words. “So, you want me to…. what? Be a spy

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 threat.

my stomach.

I have to take Michael’s feelings into consideration. Despite

and it doesn’t faze me. That female has been trying to get her claws into Michael for years. It must have come

“A

brows, laughter

what am I

to

to his words that leaves me thinking of the proverbial swan; all calm grace above water, frenzied

“James….”

to tell me more than that. It sounds as though you’re asking me to get

not asking that of you. Other people, myself included, will deal with any threat

sort

In short, 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, people behaving out

all you want? For me to

all I’m

I make

will find a second panic button has been installed. If you hit that alarm, Kirstie,

“Which other people?

“Michael for one….”

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