p in the foyer. A doz

front. She was a round woman with a stern

Mr. Holmes. And

of the car. He kept his

Ingram said. "Is

e devoid of warmth. "I prepared the Master

e. "The Mas

My contract will sti

my grandmother. If we sleep apart, Victoria will k

th. She smiled at Mrs.

ircase. The house smelled of

the double doors t

us. A firepla

one

raped in heavy velvet. But i

sed the door, le

epped away from him.

was no sofa. Just two sti

id, taking off his jacket. "And neither

hroom and shut the doo

closet. She neede

the doors

one. The jeans, th

e rows of silk. La

parently, she had decided the newes

lace and practically transparent. She

or opened. Stea

und his hips. Water droplets clung to his chest h

Elmira holding the

"Trying to live up t

to the closet. Her face burne

e first time she had seen

the bed. "You have two choices.