Chapter 9

            Trevor put on a light yellow tie, a white shirt, and a blue suit before he went down to breakfast. Last night had been special – a mile marker to be remembered for the rest of his life. After all this time and after all the women he had been with and met, he had finally found the perfect one.

            Clarice was sexy, yet she had an innocence about her. She was open, yet mysterious. She made Trevor feel like an artist who had encountered his true muse.

            When he had returned to the ball, Gwyneth Grayson-Hanson whispered to him that she led the Bartholomews to believe he was meeting with a young man about a business deal. When Gwyneth had left him, Ava and her mother was at his side within seconds. He had spent the rest of the ball dancing with Ava, but his mind was on Clarice