Charlotte's Flame by Leslie Martin

Author:Leslie Martin [Martin, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2022-05-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Charlotte

“Charlotte, get in here.” The voice calling out to me was my husband, who was unfortunately home for the day. I made my way from the kitchen, passing by the nearby office that was being worked on. Big burly men were hammering, sawing, and rebuilding the office from scratch, and my eyes scanned to see if Oliver was amongst them. It appeared he was not in the office at that time, and a small amount of sadness crept onto my face.

“Yes, husband?” I said, trying to fake sincerity as I entered the drawing room. John, the now heir to the Linwood name, was hunched at a large desk in the back, no doubt going over some time or corporate merger or acquisition.

“Can you come here please?”

I took a subtle breath, my hopes dashed that he would need something quick so that I wouldn’t have to get closer to him. Once I closed the distance, I could see that he was clearly annoyed by something. I raised a brow as I finally got close enough, curious what questions he had for me.

“I was told by the foreman that you replaced the previous project manager?”

Shit.

There goes my hope of him just plain not looking into the renovation. John was typical in his taste, and there were times he let me handle things around the estate while he was gone. I was really hoping during my little negotiation with Oliver that I wouldn’t have to worry about John watching it all, but it appeared that my hope was for naught.

“I did, yes.” Might as well just admit it. Lying to him would do absolutely nothing for me in this situation, especially if he knew more than he was letting on.

“Can I ask why?” He was looking at me with a sneer, that trademark Linwood sneer. His father did the same thing when I met him during our college days. I guess I was never considered the right pedigree for this family, but John had chosen me and that was the end of that.

I tried to heighten my voice just enough to seem innocent, which almost always seemed to work with John. “Madeline used the same company we are using, and she always complains about her renovations. The manager that was working on our account also worked on her account, and I did not want a repeat of history.”

It was a total fabrication. I just wanted to fuck Oliver here at home, and doing so while the rest of his crew was here made it ten times more fun and interesting. Unfortunately, the renovation had been so busy that Oliver barely had any time to get away. It had been several days since our little tryst in the office, and he had to be close to blowing up by this point.

I know I was.

“I wish you would’ve told me first.” John replied, his gaze gone from me by this point. He had his explanation from me, so he no longer had to look at me.

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