It wasn’t a huge mistake, but fixing it would take some time and he really wanted to get home. She was in such shock about him barging in like that ...that she had forgotten to adjust her uniform, and still sat there with her skirt hitched up and her shirt gaping open. At first he didn’t notice it either but as soon as he did, he faltered in his tirade of complaint and his jaw dropped- his eyes focusing on what her shirt was revealing. She looked down at herself to where his eyes were fixed in. Bertuccio," said the count, springing lightly up the three steps of the portico; "and the notary?" He is in the small salon, excellency," returned Bertuccio."And the cards I ordered to be engraved as soon as you knew the number of the house?" Your excellency, it is done already. I have been myself to the best engraver of the Palais Royal, who did the plate in my presence. The first card struck off was taken, according to your orders, to the Baron Danglars, Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin, No. 7; the. Then I went down to join him in the dining room. He was lighting the final candle and turned to look at me. ‘Oh yes!’ he said. ‘That’s really you honey.’ We hate the meal, which was absolutely fantastic. In fact my fave. He started to pour out more of the champagne, but I stopped him. ‘No. Save the rest.’ I told him holding the bottle and sending him a grin that seemed to turn him on so much. I stood up and moved to his side of the table and recognising the jazzy tune playing on the CD, I. “It isn’t nothing. What is it?” Lynn persisted, poking me. “You know I’ll bug you until I find out,” she said.“Yeah, spill it,” Gordon said, echoed by a louder chant from his sister and an even more boisterous plea from their mother.I relented under the combined assault. “Your Dad asked me to stay for a while.”The kids started chanting, “Stay, stay, stay.”“He offered the cottage if I wanted my own space,” I added in the din.“Stay, stay, stay.”“Ok,” I laughed. “I’ll stay for a while.”The kids.