Mastering Charlotte
"Pancakes, bacon, syrup, coffee, orange juice. Have I forgotten anything?"
"I don't think so," I reply, wallowing in the warmth inside me....
.... but then I see her looking at him....
*****
Among a scatter of breakfast dishes and empty cups, Charlotte picks up her robe. "I'm going for a bath."
The door clicks shut behind her, leaving me with James as he tidies the crockery back onto the tray.
"So, when did she arrive?" I ask.
"Yesterday. She was already in the City...."
"She was? I thought she was away seeing her family? Aren't they somewhere up north on a farm?"
Hot Chapters