AllFreeNovel
Share Us
She looked away and took out another question.
‘It’s rowing, by the way,’ he said. ‘My favourite form of exercise.’
‘What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever made?’ she asked, her attention now on her glass of wine. Every time she looked at James, her heart raced a little faster, and her mind spun with everything she now knew about him and his family.
‘I’ll show you tomorrow.’
She looked at him in shock. ‘Have you made me something?’ she blurted before she could stop herself.
He cleared his throat. ‘No, I made it for… others. But I hope you still like it.’
James had made something? Sort of for her?
‘What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever made?’ he asked.
The answer stuck in her throat.
‘The fur Q?’
She nodded.
He grinned. It was the first time that evening she’d seen him smile, and the sight of it stopped her heart for a beat.
‘It’s the coolest thing I’ve ever been given,’ he said.
Now her heart was racing triple time.
James took another question and read it out. ‘When was the last time you cried?’
‘This morning,’ she replied before thinking.
He frowned, the skin around his eyes pinching. ‘I’m sorry.’
‘Oh, it wasn’t because of you.’
His gaze turned thunderous. ‘Who hurt you?’
Estelle gasped as fantasies she didn’t even know she had, charged through her body, weapons drawn, on their way to destroy her enemies whilst simultaneously delivering her multiple orgasms.
‘It was, er, good crying,’ she stuttered. ‘Because I was happy. It was before I got to work.’
The anger left his expression, to be replaced with a questioning look.
‘I can’t tell you what it was. I can’t tell anyone yet,’ she continued.
His eyebrows raised even further.
‘I’m not pregnant!’ she hissed. Shut up! Shut up!
‘Who’s pregnant?’ Arthur cried from the end of the table. ‘Estelle?’
‘Honey?’ Vivienne added. ‘Is there something we should know?’
‘No one’s pregnant!’
‘Is it Eveline?’ Dervla asked. ‘She told me you were there this morning.’
‘What wonderful news!’ said Arthur. ‘I wonder if she’ll let me be a godfather? I’m very good at baby-sitting.’
