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

is

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 naturally and as part of your

“To you?”

will be my

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

watch the people around us for any kind of threat. I think you are a ‘people-person’, good at assessing them, weighing them up, gauging their intent. That’s perfect in any case in the work you

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

into consideration. Despite Marcie’s remarks to the contrary,

He sucks in a smile. “Yes, Michael did tell me what Marcie said, and it 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 that some other

laugh. “A woman

flashes his brows, laughter dancing in his eyes.

am I watching

other threats to

inside me clutches. There is a cool smoothness to his words that leaves me thinking of the proverbial swan; all

“James….”

tell me more than that. It

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

sort of

his chin, frustration passing over his features. “I wish I could answer that, but I can’t. In short, I want you to watch for anything that….” He holds up both hands in a gesture of helplessness, “….

want? For me

that’s all I’m asking

do I

hit that alarm,

“Which other people?

“Michael for one….”

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