One Dangerous Desire (Accidental Heirs)
“HARK!” HE’D give the woman two more minutes, and then he was going to fire her. Not unreasonable, considering it was the third time he’d called her name, with no response, in half an hour’s time. As he straightened up in his desk chair, cupped his hands around his mouth, and prepared to shout for his housekeeper again, the one man in his employ who was always on time strode into his office at the exact moment he was expected.
Charlie scampered out from under Rex’s desk to welcome Jack Sullivan,... emitting little growling squeaks.
“Good morning, sir,” Sullivan greeted. “You’ve taken on more staff, I see.” The inquiry agent sniffed the air and wrinkled his nose.
“No new staff.” Though he might be on the lookout for a new housekeeper soon. “Mrs. Hark has gone missing, so one of the kitchen maids is left answering the front door.”
Sullivan strode across the room and poked his finger into a divot in the wallpaper. “Did you shoot her?”
“Don’t be absurd.” Rex rolled his eyes, though the gesture was wasted on Sullivan, who continued to examine the bullet hole in the wall.MoreLess
Charlie scampered out from under Rex’s desk to welcome Jack Sullivan,... emitting little growling squeaks.
“Good morning, sir,” Sullivan greeted. “You’ve taken on more staff, I see.” The inquiry agent sniffed the air and wrinkled his nose.
“No new staff.” Though he might be on the lookout for a new housekeeper soon. “Mrs. Hark has gone missing, so one of the kitchen maids is left answering the front door.”
Sullivan strode across the room and poked his finger into a divot in the wallpaper. “Did you shoot her?”
“Don’t be absurd.” Rex rolled his eyes, though the gesture was wasted on Sullivan, who continued to examine the bullet hole in the wall.MoreLess
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