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“Aye, heeaten hers already

“It’s very nice” I put down o” My eyes dart back and forth between the two, Chrissy see by the subtle but appreciative tilt of her head

“No” Isla takes a gulp of tea the colour of red brickwork before putting her ht need your help”

I feel , then silently curse otten here?”

“I read the references from your previous employer Wonderful, really We’re lucky to have you here at Kilblair”

“That’s very nice of you to say so, but—”

“Please, lether hands in her lap “What you just heard, I’m sure I can rely on your discretion”

“Of course That goes without saying” And without the protection of a signed NDA I would never air another woman’s dirty laundry in public

“Thank you” She ss, her words bright but brittle “I have lefthim in bed with our nanny” A frown ripples across her expression “I found them in our bed, as a matter of fact”

“That sleekit coward,” Chrissy bursts out, her first interjection to the ood the first time I laid my eyes on him” Her accent thickens as she folds her arms under her chest “The first ti told ers afterwards!”

“I wish I’d had your foresight,” Isla offers noncoers I’d need to check at this point”

Ack! This poor woman

“Love ers,” Chrissy ht around his scraee neck”

“Holly” Isla draws her shoulders higher, struggling against tears, striving for dignity “I’ll coer need my husband I do, however, need a nanny Need one quite desperately at this point I was hoping we could coement”

Oh Well

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