The Reluctant Governess (2014)
“He had just settled her on the couch when Miss Whoever stepped over the threshold clutching an umbrella to her flat bosom.
“I heard someone scream. And then there was shouting,” she said faintly. She was staring at his bare chest and Nick felt positively indecent.
Damn. The woman must have the ears of a bat to hear them from three floors below.
“I do beg your pardon, madam. Miss Lawrence has been overcome by fumes. The paint and turpentine, you know. How brave of you to come up here... to protect her, but as you can see, everything’s fine. You should go downstairs and wait for us.” Nick gave her a practiced smile and noted her grip on the umbrella did not loosen.
“Have you murdered her?”
“Don’t be ridiculous. She’s only fainted.” Eliza did look like a corpse at the moment with her hands folded across her bosom, but that was simply a trick of the light.MoreLess
“I heard someone scream. And then there was shouting,” she said faintly. She was staring at his bare chest and Nick felt positively indecent.
Damn. The woman must have the ears of a bat to hear them from three floors below.
“I do beg your pardon, madam. Miss Lawrence has been overcome by fumes. The paint and turpentine, you know. How brave of you to come up here... to protect her, but as you can see, everything’s fine. You should go downstairs and wait for us.” Nick gave her a practiced smile and noted her grip on the umbrella did not loosen.
“Have you murdered her?”
“Don’t be ridiculous. She’s only fainted.” Eliza did look like a corpse at the moment with her hands folded across her bosom, but that was simply a trick of the light.MoreLess
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