Midnight Revelations (Midnight Dynasty Book 5) by CR Robertson

Author:CR Robertson [Robertson, CR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-10-25T18:30:00+00:00

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Chapter Fifteen

Lucrezia

Papa’s townhouse was beautiful in London, but it no longer felt like home. That place was a few miles away and had my jewellery studio in it. Would anyone notice if I just went over there and pretended to work?

The image of that woman wrapped around Ash came back into my head. I wanted to gouge her eyes out with my nails that Catarina had manicured for me.

“I have an appointment tonight that I need you to attend with me,” Papa said while reading his newspaper.

“What’s it for?” I asked. He gave me a sharp look as if to scold me. “I need to know what to wear, Papa. Men tend to always wear suits, but women don’t have that pleasure.”

He stared at me for a heartbeat. “It is a charity event that I sit on the committee for. They had invited me, but I didn’t realise I would be in London for it. I emailed the organiser this morning, and he is delighted that I am here.”

“I need to organise some supplies while I’m in town and Catarina has given me a cosmetics list as long as my arm,” I said. “Did you want to come with me or will I take Francis?”

He grimaced at the thought of shopping, as I knew he hated it. “Take Francis. I’m sure he will enjoy it more than I would.”

I laughed at his expression. “Oh, Papa, you are silly. I’ll be gone most of the morning.”

He nodded and returned to his paper.

Ash tended to organise all the stones, but I needed to drop off some designs to the goldsmiths, pick up Catarina’s order, and get another birth control shot while I was out. Francis ferried me about.

Harold smiled when I entered his building. “There she is: the belle of the ball. Everyone is talking about your pieces from the jewellery show. It’s good for business!” He winked at me. “What can I do for you today?”

“I have a few new designs for you, and since I was in London, I thought I’d drop them off in person.” I handed him a zip drive containing all my designs and a few documents explaining what I wanted.

“Leave it with me.” He indicated the back of the store. “Come and see what I have been working on.”

Francis and I followed him through. In his studio there was a full-size coat of armour made in gold and highlighted in platinum. It was beautiful and worth a small fortune.

“Since you’re here, I could do with some advice on stones for it,” he confessed.

I grinned at his pleading expression and set my handbag on the counter. “Tell me what I have to work with and we’ll see what we can do.”

Over an hour later, we had taken several of the sections off and I had used a wax pencil to mark where stones would have the most impact on the design. I sketched the armour on a sheet and labelled what type of stones would be suitable.

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