Masters & Lovers Box Set Three

Chapter 7

Michael

Richard waves me to a seat. “All working out with the hotel then, Michael? How's my investment coming along?”

“It's all going pretty well. In fact, I was going to ask if you're free one day next week.”

“For?”

“For coming up to the hotel and meeting the new staff. I've been trialling them down at the City Centre, but I'm happy with them now.”

“All good?”

“Some.” I rock a hand. “I shed a couple who didn't come up to the mark but I'm left with a team I'm very happy with. They're all multifunctional but specialising in different areas.”

“Those areas being?”

“One is a qualified swimming instructor, which means among other things, that we can make visits a full family affair. The parents can bring the kids and there's someone to keep an eye on them in the pool.”

“Sounds good. And the others?”

“One is a chiropractor cum masseur…”

“Which frees up your time...”

“Exactly. She does aromatherapy too. And the third can take charge of the self-defense classes.”

“Which frees up Charlotte.”

“Quite. So, if you would like to, you and Beth can meet them all and maybe you'd like to use the facilities while you're there?”

“I'm sure Elizabeth would want to. Massage and aromatherapy would be just the sort of thing she’d enjoy. And of course afterwards, she can tell her friends about it.”

“I sort of had that in mind myself.”

*****

 

James

passes the jug to me. “Charlotte, can you make yourself available after breakfast

She crunches toast. “What am I making myself available

they arrive this afternoon, but him in particular. You can talk him through what you've been doing and perhaps give him an

on his investment?” I

in the project, so I made a

scrapes butter over more toast. “No problem. What's

“Charles.”

nods, slapping marmalade over the butter. “And what kind of self-defence

field. If it’s something a woman can use to defend herself, or a man for that matter, he

chews on her toast, her brow

“Something wrong?”

does he look like? This Charles the

thing. Given that the clientele here is mainly female, he's real eye-candy. Big, blond, blue-eyed strapping guy but I'm almost certain he's gay, so the women are comfortable with him when it has to get physical.” His phone beeps and

puts down her toast and her gaze travels to

???

if

is sunny. “The more the merrier.

Michael steps smartly,

stands waiting, tall, blond, powerfully built. Michael strides forward, hand offered. “Charles, great to see you. Thanks for

firm shake. “You too, Michael. I’ve been

is my

He offers his hand,

Instantly likeable…

past me to settle

me. “Hello, Chad.” She looks down, then at me,

his eyes

a hand on his shoulder. “Yes, husband. Hi, Chad. You might like to know that your employer is my

and Michael stand

etiquette is silent on

The receptionist is staring…

no-one teach you manners,

Time to take charge…

“Charlotte… Perhaps we

*****

head for the

nothing, but as I gesture him through to the lounge, Michael and Charlotte following, he swirls around,

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