Chapter 31

“Marina,” Howard sighed in exasperation, “It’s not what you think. Could you help her up, please?”

“Sure.”

Marina set aside the hangover cure and busied herself tidying up while sneakily snapping photos with her phone..

She hoisted Gwendolyn onto the sprawling king–sized bed and ensured Howard was comfortably seated in his wheelchair before saying, “Mrs. Chadwick is out cold. Do we still need the hair of the dog?”

Her eyes were like those of a hawk, missing not a single detail. She had to get the scoop to report back to the lady of the house.

“Just leave it on the nightstand.”

“Will do. Mrs. Chadwick can crash here tonight, so you can accompany each other.”

“Okay.” He wasn’t planning on spending the night there anyway.

With Howard’s blessing, Marina left the room, giddy as a schoolgirl, forgetting to even close the door behind her.

Once outside, she wasted no time dialing up Roselind. “Madam! They kissed and it was so intense her lips were all swollen!”

usually!” Marina was a mix of shock and excitement. “If Mr. Howard was up for the task, you’d

every word drifted into Howard’s ears, her paparazzi skills worthy of a tabloid.

fists, a faint flush creeping

of that moment was a madness

of the medication or something more?

woke with a splitting headache close to noon, her mind a fuzz. To her

“Mrs. Chadwick?

something to eat.” Marina brought over

“Warm your stomach, and

the bowl and ate slowly, while

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asked, her memory of the evening’s events patchy at best. She recalled calling Howard,

chirped, unable to contain

“And where is

the next room, taking a medicinal

I’ll go check on

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