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“You put it , which he obliged by circling his arms aroundand went and he’s not answering my calls or texts”
“Is there anyone you can call to see if they knohere he is?”
I shook ainst his chest
“What about Alexander?”
Right
My cousin
He was there when it all happened
“Do you want me to text him?”
“Since when do you have his number?” I leaned back and looked up “What are you, best friends?”
“Best friends is soeration,” Miles replied “But we’re relatively good friends We exchanged numbers at the hotel after I said I liked chess”
I blinked at him
Did I tell hirandmaster?
No
I’d let him find out by himself
At least I didn’t have to play his and all that
“Right,” I said slowly “Uo Aunt Elizabeth is his sister She’s used to dealing with hiue”
“All right Why don’t you sit down? I’ll bring you a glass of wine and text Alex Okay?”
“Should I apologise to her?”
“Sit” Miles released me and spun me around, then forced ise to her yet Let her calm down It’s been an emotional twenty-four hours for everyone”
“Speak for yourself All other things aside, I just discovered my aunt has had more sex in the last month than I have in the past two years Talk about stressful”
Miles stilled, then a grin spread across his face “I can help with that”
I tried to adh “Didn’t you just say so about wine?”
“Yeah, yeah Let et that, then I’ll text Alex and have a shower” He paused and raised his eyebrows “I don’t suppose you’ll join me?”
“If I haven’t had sex in two years, doing it standing up in a shower is just going to end up withto I twisted my ankle in a puddle”
“That is an excellent point All right, then I’ll just wander about in a towel until you can no longer resist me”
“You think very highly of yourself, sir”
“Sorinned and walked into the kitchen He returned lass of wine, kissed ain
I curled up in the corner of his sofa It was desperately coht I took a sip of the wine and reached for my phone when it buzzed
ADELAIDE: AUNT CAT SHAGGED THE BUTLER?
I really hated that turn of phrase
It sounded so uncouth
Shagged
Ugh