Chapter 40

Both Cassie and Isabel turned around suddenly at the sound of the voice, with Cassie spinning around so abruptly that she accidentally knocked over the bottle of vinegar.

“Shit!” She hissed, as she scrambled to prop the bottle back to an upright position. By the time the bottle was upstanding again, more than half of its contents had already spilled on the ground. She then started to soak up the spilt vinegar with her napkin before it spread any further and possibly ruined the flooring.

“You shouldn’t swear.” Bethany cautioned hypocritically. “It’s absolutely unladylike.”

Isabel raised a brow and Cassie had to bite her tongue to prevent herself from reminding Bethany of how often she swore. If swearing was a feature that made someone ‘absolutely unladylike’, then Bethany was undoubtedly, the least ladylike woman Cassie knew. Hadn’t she been the one that had said ‘fuck’ just a few seconds ago?

The napkin that Cassie had been using to wipe the spilt