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

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

“What am I making myself

you to the new self-defence trainer. The other new staff too when they arrive this afternoon, but him in particular. You can talk him

up on his investment?” I

Beth to be active in the project, so I made a point of inviting them. Give her the

scrapes butter over more toast. “No problem. What's he called? This

“Charles.”

marmalade over the butter. “And what kind of self-defence does

gulps. “He seems to cover the field. If it’s something a woman can use to defend herself, or a man for that matter, he seems happy

chews on her toast, her

“Something wrong?”

does he look like? This Charles the

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

her toast and her gaze travels to

???

I'll tag along if that's okay,” I

“The more the merrier. Let's

lobby. Michael steps

waiting, tall, blond, powerfully built. Michael strides forward, hand offered.

firm shake. “You too, Michael. I’ve

This is my friend James and my wife,

James." He offers his

Instantly likeable…

then his gaze travels past me to settle on

forward from where she has been lurking behind me. “Hello, Chad.” She looks down, then at me,

eyes wild,

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

and Michael

is silent

The receptionist is staring…

no-one teach

Time to take charge…

Perhaps we should

*****

for the

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

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